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The Crown

Edward VIII, c1952. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
20th Century

Speaker Q&A Piers Brendon on Edward VIII

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20th Century

3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

The future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace following their wedding, 20 November 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
General Modern

Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code

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Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’. (© Netflix)
20th Century

The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey

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20th Century

Opinion Was the Moon landing really a great leap for mankind?

The Prince of Wales loading a rifle in the Grenadiers, First World War, 1914. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
First World War

Edward VIII: How war scarred the playboy prince

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The Aberfan disaster and women who made history

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Elizabeth II and her prime ministers

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)
20th Century

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals

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When Victoria wed, she wore white so the crowds could see her from afar. (Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)
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The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

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The jury’s still out on Thatcher’s legacy

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