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David Olusoga“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Cromwell, Tudor statesman and 'alter rex'.

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Henry VI of England. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)

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The future King George VI playing at the Wimbledon tennis championships, 1926

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Claudia Jones at the Brixton offices of 'The West Indian Gazette'

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Diana, Princess of Wales, played by Emma Corrin in Netflix's 'The Crown'

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Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of 'The Crown'

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Statue of King Alfred the Great in leafy Trinity Church Square, Southwark. It is thought to be the oldest statue in London.

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Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945

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Katherine Willoughby in an 18th-century engraving after a Hans Holbein the Younger portrait. In 1546 the prospect of her marrying England's ageing King Henry VIII was causing tongues to wag in diplomatic circles. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Buckingham Palace intruder Michael Fagan

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Buckingham Palace intruder Michael Fagan: what happened and why did he break in?

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King Arthur triumphs over the Saxons at the battle of Mount Badon

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