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The 'British Schindler' who saved 669 children from the Nazis

American president Warren G Harding and his wife, First Lady Florence Harding.

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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)

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The real trench runners of WW1

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David Bowie's life in pictures

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What killed Prince Albert?

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

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William the Conqueror (1027–87), king of England from 1066 when he beat Harold II at the battle of Hastings. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Advent calendar 2019: 24 facts about Christmas through history

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A brief history of Westminster Abbey

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“Somewhere in between exploitation and empowerment”: James Norton on society osteopath Stephen Ward

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Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies: the women at the heart of the Profumo Affair

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Mixed-race babies born after the Second World War

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