Marriage

British prime minister Winston Churchill greeting the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. From left to right: Princess Elizabeth II; the Queen Mother; Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Buckingham Palace’s balcony: a focal point for national celebration

An acrobat dancer, c1200 BC. (Getty Images)

Love, sex and marriage in ancient Egypt

Victorian wedding, circa 1900: A wedding group poses in the garden, 1900. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)

Living in sin: unmarried relationships in Victorian Britain

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Love and marriage in Tudor England

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A Tudor-Stewart marriage: oak chest wedding gift for James IV and Margaret Tudor discovered

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First World War

Revealed: the British First World War officer who married a nurse who wanted him dead

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Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in 20th-Century England

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A suitable marriage?

A London Missionary Society (LMS) mission in Papua New Guinea, c1920s. (Photo by Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo)

Married to a missionary

When Victoria wed, she wore white so the crowds could see her from afar. (Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

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Should the public pick up the tab for the royal wedding?