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10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

The ex factor: why David Cameron’s return isn’t unprecedented . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Matilda of Scotland, portrayed in a 14th-century illumination. Descended from Scottish and English royalty, she was an effective queen and regent – yet is now largely forgotten. (Photo by Bridgeman)

Matilda of Scotland: the queen behind the veil . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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c1952: Queen Elizabeth II with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)

What was Queen Elizabeth II like as a mother? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986

Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

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William of Orange depicted landing in Devon

What if… James II and VII had kept his throne? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Photo inside Winchester Cathedral looking up towards the arches. Just underneath an arch, there is a dark brown inscribed box.

The bone chests of Winchester: an Anglo-Saxon detective story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A painting of Queen Anne Boleyn, with her hair held up, and a B pendant on one of her necklaces.

Anne Boleyn’s fatal French connection . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Meux & Co. brewery on Tottenham Court Road in c1830

The London Beer Flood of 1814: what happened in the deadly tragedy?

A coloured engraving of Richard Whittington, wearing red robes and hat

How the real Dick Whittington lives up to his pantomime

Portrait of Elizabeth Linley

8 scandals that shocked Georgian Britain

Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne

How the Kingdom of Northumbria changed Anglo-Saxon England

Charles VI and Henry V entering Paris

What if… Henry V hadn't died in 1422?

Painting depicting the Spanish Armada

Keep calm and carry on trading: how English merchants reacted to the Spanish Armada

Alicia von Rittberg as Princess Elizabeth in Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming Elizabeth The real history behind the new Tudor drama

King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Q&A Where was Camelot?