Painting of Charles II

Charles II

A person with long, wavy light‑brown hair adorned with small pearls poses with one arm bent and resting against their face. They wear a pearl necklace and a teardrop pearl earring, shown against a dark background.

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A woman dressed in a ruffled dress and spotted robe holds a young child in a white, lacy dress and cap

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Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

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Dr Clare Jackson (Photo by Caroline Mardon)

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A c1642 portrait of a 12-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, accompanied by a page, likely painted to commemorate his presence at the battle of Edgehill (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The Royal Observatory, commissioned by Charles II in 1675, on a hill in Greenwich Park, London (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Coronation portrait of Charles II after his crowning at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 (Image by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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An illustration of Charles II entering London on 29 May 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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An illustration of Colonel Blood

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A portrait of Charles II sitting on a throne

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Nell Gwyn was a mistress of King Charles II

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Charles II and his parties

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Linda Porter

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Thomas Blood stealing the Crown Jewels

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1651, Charles Prince of Wales (1630 - 1685) (later King Charles II of England) meets Sir Henry Lee near Oxford during the Civil War, while escaping after the Battle of Worcester.

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The Charles II Royal Oak

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Charles II entering London in May 1660 following the restoration of the monarchy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

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Picture depicting the Articles of Union being presented to Queen Anne

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