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Henry VI may have had a “sex coach” – plus 4 more curious facts about his life

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The Crown S4 E6 real history: Charles and Diana’s 1983 royal tour of Australia & the start of ‘Dianamania’

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20th Century

The Crown S4 E1 real history: when Charles met Diana, and the death of Lord Mountbatten

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Women in black: the surprising history of widows

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A seventh wife for Henry VIII? The story of Katherine Willoughby

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Tudor

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Tudor

Your guide to Catherine of Aragon: Henry VIII’s first wife and mother of Mary I

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