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Valentine's Day

While young ladies may have been daydreaming of handsome film stars such as Cary Grant, pictured here kissing the cheek of Ingrid Bergman in a publicity still for the 1946 film ‘Notorious’, agony aunts were keen to bring them back down to earth. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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How to be a man: tips from 1930s agony aunts

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20th Century

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A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.
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From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

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

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Elizabeth’s love rival

Anonymous engraving, master of the garden of love, 15th century, France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. (Photo by: Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)
Medieval

7 ways to say “I love you” in medieval Europe

An acrobat dancer, c1200 BC. (Getty Images)
Ancient Egypt

Love, sex and marriage in ancient Egypt

An illustration of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tudor

Not such a prude after all: the secrets of Henry VIII’s love life

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Stuart

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate

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A Valentine's card showing a devil spearing an old lady on a pitchfork.
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In pictures Victorian Valentine's Cards

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First World War

Revealed: love letters from First and Second World War soldiers

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

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

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