Kings and queens

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In pictures: kings and queens through history

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Witch trials and feuding queens . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals

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Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had

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The real King John and the BBC in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fit for a queen: 3 medieval recipes enjoyed at English and Scottish royal courts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why Henry I could be the next ‘car park king’

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Magna Carta: A turning point in English history

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The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period

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Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?

Detailed view of the 1297 Magna Carta as it is installed into the new Heritage Gallery in the City of London PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday October 10, 2014. See PA story HERITAGE . Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

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