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Painting of Masons building a pillar in a church

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Edward the Confessor (Anglo-Saxon king of England from 1042) on his throne, as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Engraving depicting a scene from the battle of Crécy, during the Hundred Years' War. Dated 14th Century. (Photo by: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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King George VI and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth

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The Pilgrim fathers arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts on board the Mayflower. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Queen In New Zealand, 1970

In pictures: Queen Elizabeth II on tour

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Some of the 5,000 Jewish and non-Aryan German child refugees, the 'Kindertransport', arriving in England at Harwich from Germany, 2 December 1938. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The tomb of Pharaoh Djoser, built at Saqqara

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As seen in this early 19th-century depiction of an initiation, Masons have long used secrecy to

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Old Norse sages describe Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir as 'the loveliest of women and nobel in every trait'. But this far-travelled Icelandic woman was eulogised largely not for her beauty and charm but as a strong-willed survivor who married three times and bore a son, Snorri, in Vinland (North America) during on of her intrepid voyages (Illustration by Lynn Hatzius)

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Pectoral ornament in the form of a double headed serpent, Aztec/ Mixtec, c 1400/1521 (Photo by Getty Images)

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Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485

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Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images)

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