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    Josephine Baker with her adopted children. She called them the ‘Rainbow Tribe’. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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    Memorable mothers: history’s most remarkable mums

    Charles and Camilla, 1979
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    Prince Charles in 1969
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    In profile: Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales

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    Princess Diana: a “modern” mother who ripped up the rule book

    c1952:  Queen Elizabeth II with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)
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    Queen Elizabeth II: mother, monarch, matriarch

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    Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986
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    Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

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    The marriages of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren: how the dynasty shaped Europe

    Cast of the Crown vs their real life counterparts. Top (right to left): actors Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman, Emma Corrin. Bottom: Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth II, Princess Diana. (Photos by Netflix/Getty Images)
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    The Crown S4 cast: which real historical figures feature in season four of Netflix’s royal drama – and what did they really look like?

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    Brothers in arms Louis IX on his way to the Seventh Crusade, 1248. The French king kept his three brothers onside – preventing any potential family infighting – by providing them with huge lordships. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)
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    Bonds of blood: survival secrets of medieval royal families

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