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Prince Albert Victor

Prince Albert Victor, aka Eddy: the fascinating story of Britain’s ‘lost’ king

Shield of the English version of the British royal coat of arms, with the motto 'Dieu at Mon Droit'

Q&A What is the meaning of the British Royal Family’s motto?

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1939: A shop assistant working at the cash desk in a Ladies Hosiery department store in Birmingham. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Beauty before durability: the interwar beginnings of fast fashion . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King Æthelstan shown in a manuscript dated to before 1399 (Photo by incamerastock/Alamy Stock Photo)

Æthelstan: why is writing a biography of one of England’s greatest kings so difficult? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Laura Berlin as Emma of Normandy in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

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Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar’s murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The England football team badge, showing three lions on a field of ten Tudor roses

Q&A Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

Illustration shows force-feeding of suffragettes

What was the Cat and Mouse Act? The reason why suffragettes were force-fed

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine Parr Why Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

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Statues of Richard I and his wife Berengaria of Navarre

Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s forgotten queen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king’s horse

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General History

Where is Bridgerton filmed? 5 places to visit for fans of the popular Netflix period drama

Bridgerton. (L to R) Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton. Cr. Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix © 2024

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

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A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives’ bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.