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Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)
20th Century

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

William Caxton shows off his new press in Westminster to Edward IV in a 19th-century painting (Photo by Artepics / Alamy Stock Photo)
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How William Caxton printed the first-ever book in English

BBC Two's 'Gods of Tennis', with a collage of 1970s/80s tennis players
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History TV and radio in the UK: what’s on our screens this week?

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6 ingredients for a memorable medieval feast

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Danny Robin's paranormal cold cases A Highlands horror story

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