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Portrait of Queen Anne

Queen Anne’s reputation: why isn’t she more fondly remembered?

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Has history been unfair to Charles I?

Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their third son, Prince Edward, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A brief history of royal mothers and childbirth

Henrietta Boyle

Fashion history: dressing to impress in the 17th century

William of Orange landing at Torbay, 1688

Your guide to... the Glorious Revolution

Thomas Blood stealing the Crown Jewels

The day Thomas Blood stole the Crown Jewels

Turkish artillery of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. (Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

6 lesser-known facts about the Ottoman Empire

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Historian Stephen Tomkins (Photo by Fran Monks)

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Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and their children in 1846. After a painting by F Winterhalter. Victoria’s husband, Albert, “carved out for the crown a moral kind of authority as the nation’s first and model family,” says Sarah Gristwood. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?

Three monarchs who stepped down through history: Kaiser Wilhem II; Anne of Cleves; and James VII and II. (Images by Getty)

Retiring royals: 9 rulers and royals who stepped down through history

An illustration of Jeffrey Hudson and Queen Henrietta Maria

The amazing life of Jeffrey Hudson, the queen’s dwarf

A portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

12 facts about the Stuarts

A portrait of Louis XIV in 1701.

From musketeers to Macron: 10 remarkable facts about the Sun King, Louis XIV

A 'Thanksgiving Greetings' postcard. (Photo by K.J. Historical/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A brief history of Thanksgiving