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View of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, in spring. The Abbey was founded in 1232 and was converted to a country house in the sixteenth century.

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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

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