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    Elizabeth I’s love life: was she really a ‘Virgin Queen’?

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    How to celebrate a Victorian wedding

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    Victoria and Albert: a marriage of misery?

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    Kate Middleton: a modern royal woman

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    What did Jane Austen really look like?

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    Troublesome royal in-laws through history

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    In profile: Jane Austen

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    6 royal births that changed the world (or could have)

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    How to raise a royal… with Tracy Borman

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    5 momentous royal births

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    The 7 best couples in history

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    Georgian Britain: sex in high places

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    Henry VIII’s six wives in a different light

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    The woman who gave birth for Hitler

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