Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

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A portrait of Isabella of Castile

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Stained glass image of King Cnut

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Cousins at war: King Stephen is shown holding a falcon in a miniature from 1253. His battle with his cousin Matilda for the English crown plunged the realm into a long civil war. (Photo by Alamy)

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c1895: Queen Victoria with her family. Standing left to right: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Henry of Battenberg; Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly; Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; George, Duke of York. Seated left to right: Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg; Queen Victoria; Victoria Mary, Duchess of York holding Prince Edward of York; Prince Arthur of Connaught; and Prince Alexander of Battenberg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A depiction of the Norman army, from the Bayeux Tapestry

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Engraving of emperor Commodus's death

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King Richard I, aka Richard the Lionheart. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Why were the Tudors called the Tudors? The answer lies with Catherine of Valois (pictured), widow of Henry V. (Photo by Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty)

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Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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Our composite image shows Henry II framed by an Arabic arch. Henry claimed he "would sooner accept the errors of Nur-al-Din" than suffer Thomas Becket remaining as archbishop. (Image by Bridgeman/Getty Images)

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King Henry II: the Muslim monarch of medieval England?

Tomb of Richard the Lionheart

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Britons watch Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message in 1958. (© Topfoto)

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A brief history of the Christmas Speech

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Illustration of Boudica, victorious over the Romans

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An oil portrait of Charlemagne (c747–814), King of the Franks, by 15th/16th-century artist Albrecht Durer. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Queen Anne

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Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in 1137. The scene on the right shows Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade in 1147. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

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Illustration of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn on their wedding day

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A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Henry VIII

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A James Gillray cartoon: 'Germans eating sour-krout'.

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Henry V. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy)

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Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their third son, Prince Edward, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth greets the crowd from the top of a huge elephant minutely decorated during a walk to the gates of the Jaipur Palace, c1961 in Jaipur, India. (Photo by Keystone-FranceGamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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A portrait of Edward IV, the first Yorkist king of England. From the National Portrait Gallery. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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