People watching the Royal Wedding

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King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

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It was the need for witnesses in divorce courts – ones who wouldn’t mind their names being linked to scandals, no less – that partly gave rise to female detectives. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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Women detectives: meet the Victorian female super sleuths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tudors history quizTest your knowledge of the dynamic dynasty

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Evening Light on Hadrian's Wall

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c1954: A photo-fiction serial telling the story of a young couple on honeymoon in the South of France. The parts are played by actors Mark Hashfield and Simone Lovell. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A brief history of honeymoons (and how the post-wedding holiday got its name)

Ernest Bevin

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Henry Fitzroy

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Henry Fitzroy: how Henry VIII’s “bastard son” rocked the Tudor court

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Postcards from the past competition: the winners

WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

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How and when did WW2 end?

The 1851 Great Exhibition’s west wing

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The 1851 Great Exhibition: inside the Victorian spectacle

Illustration for BBC History Magazine.

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Mary Seacole as seen in a contemporary photo. Although she became famous for her nursing work in the Crimean War, her story subsequently became largely forgotten. (Photo by Alamy)

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Mary Toft, perpetrator of the 1726 hoax – in which she appeared to give birth to rabbits

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The woman who gave birth to rabbits? How Mary Toft's hoax captured Georgian society

Floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, outside Kensington Palace. (Photo by Liba Taylor/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Painting of Masons building a pillar in a church

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Your guide to...the Freemasons

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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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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As seen in this early 19th-century depiction of an initiation, Masons have long used secrecy to "create a sense of awe and specialness around their rituals". (Image by Alamy)

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A history of Freemasonry: from Enlightenment ideals to satanic conspiracy stories

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Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485

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Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The pilgrim fathers

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Edward the Confessor, depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry

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Iron Age bronze head

Iron Age

The Celts in Britain: everything you need to know

A watercolour version of a mural showing Henry VIII (front left) with his father, Henry VII, his wife Jane Seymour (front right) and his mother, Elizabeth of York. The mural, which aimed to validate Henry's right to the throne, adorned Whitehall Palace before being destroyed by fire. (Photo by Bridgeman Royal Collection)

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The then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taking part in the final presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, 19 October 2016. Trump repeatedly claimed that the election was “rigged” against him. (Photo by Joe Raedle/AFP/Getty Images)

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