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    Royal weddings

    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

    Charles and Camilla, 1979
    20th Century

    Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance

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

    The Crown S4 E8 real history: why did Margaret Thatcher & the Queen clash over apartheid in South Africa?

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    Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer on her wedding day in season 4 of 'The Crown'
    20th Century

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

    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

    Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986
    20th Century

    Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

    Emerald Fennell plays Camilla Parker Bowles (then Shand) in 'The Crown'
    20th Century

    In profile: Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall

    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

    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)
    Medieval

    Bonds of blood: survival secrets of medieval royal families

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    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

    Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and their children in 1846. After a painting by F Winterhalter. Victoria’s husband, Albert, “carved out for the crown a moral kind of authority as the nation’s first and model family,” says Sarah Gristwood. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
    20th Century

    Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?

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