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Queen Victoria and the Nazis: the strange tale of the search for the royal family’s Aryan origins
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What did Queen Elizabeth I really look like at 60?
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Mary, Queen of Scots: what happened to her ladies-in-waiting?
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When did British kings and queens start using surnames?
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Inside Osborne: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s island residence
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Power plays and scheming queens: the ancient history behind Game of Thrones
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Empress Matilda: Medieval warrior queen
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Catherine Hanley on Matilda: “Honestly, if I were her, I’d have wanted to put my fist through a wall”
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Queen Victoria’s pets and animals
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The downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Elizabeth I’s love life: was she really a ‘Virgin Queen’?
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Mary, Queen of Scots’ tragic life
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Queen Anne’s feuding favourites
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Alternative Queen’s Christmas speeches: what would Elizabeth I and Matilda have said?
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Troublesome royal in-laws through history
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