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Princess Margaret visits the new Docklands development in London, UK, July 1987.   (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
20th Century

Princess Margaret’s final years

KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Queen Elizabeth celebrates the start of the Platinum Jubilee during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House on February 5, 2022 in King's Lynn, England. The Queen came to the throne 70 years ago this Sunday when, on February 6 1952, the ailing King George VI , who had lung cancer, died at Sandringham in the early hours. (Photo Joe Giddens - by WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Emerald Fennell plays Camilla Parker Bowles (then Shand) in 'The Crown'
20th Century

In profile: Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall

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Charles and Camilla, 1979
20th Century

Charles and Camilla A history of their romance

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after their marriage in 1947. (Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: 8 milestones in their marriage

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of ‘The Crown’
20th Century

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20th Century

The Crown S4 E3 real history: Diana’s struggles, the ‘G’ & ‘F’ bracelet, and a royal engagement

Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986
20th Century

Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

Diana and Charles being driven to Buckingham Palace after their wedding
20th Century

Princess Diana and Prince Charles’s wedding: everything you need to know

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Top, left to right: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. Bottom, left to right: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.
Tudor

Henry VIII’s six wives: your guide to the Tudor king’s queen consorts

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)
Victorian

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, during their first visit to England after the Duke's abdication, September 1939. (Photo by Getty Images)
20th Century

Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson and the Abdication crisis

Queen Victoria refused to wear her crimson velvet robes of state for her wedding to Albert. Instead, she opted for a dress of pure white and “simple magnificence”. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
Victorian

“Nothing could have gone off better”: the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Princess Margaret attends the premiere of Captain Horatio Hornblower, Leicester Square, 1951. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)
20th Century

The Queen’s “rebel sister”: 13 facts about Princess Margaret

Catherine de Valois is seen here marrying Henry V, who was 14 years her senior, as part of the 1420 Treaty of Troyes. Following Henry's death she wed Welshman Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, who is variously referred to as the queen’s steward, page or cupbearer. (Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy)
Tudor

Scandalous Tudor marriages: 7 women who braved royal wrath by marrying for love

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