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Richard III DNA to be ‘mapped’

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12th February 2014
<![CDATA[ It has been revealed that the DNA of the skeleton belonging to Richard III is to sequenced. This could potentially uncover details about the last Plantagenet King, such as his eye and hair colour. This is the next project in a long line of plans to discover more about the King, whose remains were discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012. This study is to be led by the…
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Anne of Cleves, A Flanders Mare: Part 2

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28th January 2014
<![CDATA[Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, endured the shortest marriage of any of the six wives. In fact, her marriage was over before it had even begun. In late June 1540 Anne was informed that, due to plague in London, she was to move to Richmond Palace…
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Alfred the Great's remains said to have been found

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21st January 2014
<![CDATA[It appears that the remains of King Alfred The Great, or those of his son Edward the Elder, have been found in a forgotten storage box in a museum.King Alfred, who was born in 849, succeeded to the throne after the deaths of his three elder brothers, and ruled Wessex from 871 until his death in 899. During his reign he successfully defended Wessex from multiple Viking invasions, and…
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Mary - Queen Of Hearts?

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12th January 2014
<![CDATA[Whenever Queen Mary, Consort of King George V, is mentioned, what do you think? A stern, old fashioned matriarch who did not care about her family or do you think a traditional, caring queen who not only loved her family but also loved her country. Here I would like to look at the life and times of Queen Mary, from her upbringing as Mary of Teck to Queen of the United Kingdom and…
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Anne of Cleves, A Flanders Mare: Part 1

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11th January 2014
<![CDATA[Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six wives, with the rhyme ‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived’, recording their largely unenviable fates. Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, is a household name, but what of the other Queen Anne – the…
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Prince Harry could move into Kensington Palace apartment next door to the Cambridges

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6th January 2014
<![CDATA[Prince Harry could move into an apartment next door to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Kensington Palace according to some reports.Princess Michael of Kent, who also lives next door to William and Catherine has said that Harry could move into the residence currently occupied by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Princess Michael told Tatler magazine that the Duke and Duchess…
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