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    Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales
    Victorian

    Gwrych Castle: the history of the new home of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here

    A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)
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    Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

    An aerial view of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. (Photo by David Goddard/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Explore Tintagel Castle and the legend of King Arthur

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    An illustration depicting King Arthur fighting the Saxons, from the Rochefoucauld Grail. The absence of a clear and present origin for King Arthur has created a ‘void’ which many are keen to fill, says Miles Russell. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
    Early medieval

    The real King Arthur: why are we so obsessed with trying to solve the mystery?

    Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, 29 July 1981. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April 2011. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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    The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

    An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum
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    King Arthur: 6 things you need to know about the warrior king and his legend

    King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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    Q&A Where was Camelot?

    The 1618 Defenestration of Prague
    Stuart

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    Mary, Queen of Scots and her ladies-in-waiting. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    Tudor

    Mary, Queen of Scots: what happened to her ladies-in-waiting?

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    The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)
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    9 of Britain’s best castles

    Marc Morris at BBC History Magazine's 2017 History Weekend (Photo by Steve Sayers)
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    Secrets of Britain’s castles

    Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn's childhood home in Kent. (Photo by Prisma Bildagentur/UIG via Getty Images)
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    8 must-visit castles with Tudor connections

    The entrance to Bodiam Castle.
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    From magnificent ruins to imposing forts: 10 must-visit British castles

    Warwick Castle. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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    A view of the Reculver Towers, Reculver, England. (Photo by Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)
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    8 of Britain’s most mysterious ruins

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