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From their courtship to their royal wedding and their almost 74-year marriage, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip s love story spanned decades and garnered public interest.
Buckingham Palace announced Friday morning that the Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle. He was 99.
British historians and commentators often say Philip was one of the keys to the queen s enduring success as a monarch. The queen famously described him as her strength and stay at the couple s golden wedding anniversary in 1997. He is someone who doesn t take easily to compliments, but he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, she said in her speech.
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19th Century to the present, worldwide
The right of women, by law, to vote in national and local elections has been a topic of discussion since ancient times. But serious campaigning for female suffrage in the modern world can really be seen to have begun in the late-19th century, with New Zealand, in 1893, becoming the first self-governing country in the world to give all women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The fight by suffrage campaigners in New Zealand, such as Kate Sheppard, inspired women across the world to take up the fight in their own countries.
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March 6, 2021 Fifties film star Julie Wilson fills in the 1951 census in her kitchen Credit: Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images
As the UK prepares to compile this decade s census, Martin Fone retraces its history.
On Sunday, March 21st, all residents in England and Wales will be legally obliged, under the amended Census Act of 1920, to complete a census form for the Office for National Statistics or face a fine of up to £1,000. Northern Ireland will hold its own census at the same time, but the Scots have deferred theirs until 2022. A decennial event, it provides an invaluable snapshot of the nation on that day and a treasure trove for future generations of social historians and genealogists.
Queen Victoria wore mourning for the rest of her life following the death of her beloved Albert
Queen Victoria wore mourning rest of her life following Albert’s death
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Theirs was a semi-arranged marriage that produced passionate love, with Queen Victoria’s devotion to her beloved Prince Albert producing nine children. When he died aged just 42 in 1861, 22 years into their marriage, she was justifiably devastated. Four decades later she was still wearing the all black mourning outfit she became known for - testimony to her undying love for her paramour.
Tsar Nicholas II’s unwavering devotion to his Tsarina in the face of revolution