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India Amarteifio as Queen Charlotte and Corey Mylchreest as George III (Photo by Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

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The real history behind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Mysterious moody trees at night.

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Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

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Benjamin Franklin and the kite experiment

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Benjamin Franklin’s greatest inventions – and famous kite experiment

OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

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A 19th-century depiction of the retreat of the Vandals from Rome

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A 19th-century portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, Anglo-Irish aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron, by English painter Thomas Phillips (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Shakespeare, depicted in a later image based on a contemporary portrait

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A diorama of London houses, churches and shops carved into the walls of Wellclose Gaol

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A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

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Ben Willbond as Henry VIII

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“It’s rare that a television show actually changes people’s lives”: 15 years of Horrible Histories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British author Sathnam Sanghera poses for a photograph in Hampstead

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British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister

A statue of Thutmosis III

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Old cobblestone footpath at a park.

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A horse ambulance in the 19th century, and (inset, above) an advert for an RSPCA fund for horses. The number of beasts of burden working in cities rose rapidly in the Victorian era. (Photo by Alamy)

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A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

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Did the British royal family support slavery?

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This recipe – budget broccoli soup – utilises broccoli stalks left over from other dishes. (Photo courtesy of Eleanor Barnett)

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Sepia image of workers at a Lancashire cotton mill

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How people with learning disabilities thrived in the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I

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A 1971 propaganda poster extolling the power of China’s cultural revolution

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Jon working at the 12th-century Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, which was once home to an Augustinian order.

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