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Post by sullyo on Apr 3, 2008 21:37:23 GMT
1987 The late Duchess of Windsor's jewellery was sold for £31 million ($50 million), six times the expected figure.
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Post by sullyo on Mar 25, 2008 19:27:58 GMT
1975 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia died after a gun attack.
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Post by sullyo on Mar 24, 2008 20:02:30 GMT
1603 Queen Elizabeth I of England died aged 69. 1953 Queen Mary (wife of King George V of England) died.
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Post by sullyo on Mar 17, 2008 19:23:20 GMT
1649 Oliver Cromwell abolished the office of King and declared England a Commonwealth. 1972 Queen Elizabeth II opened the new London bridge.
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Post by sullyo on Mar 10, 2008 19:03:54 GMT
1964 Prince Edward son of Queen Elizabeth II was born. 1988 The Prince of Wales escaped death in an avalanche in the Swiss alps.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 26, 2008 18:25:02 GMT
1815 Napoleon escapes from exile on the island of Elba and returned to France.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 19, 2008 18:48:36 GMT
I always taught that the future King Edward VII born in 1842 was the last child born to a reigning sovereign untill Prince Andrew?.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 15, 2008 18:41:34 GMT
1952 King George VI is buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 8, 2008 18:18:27 GMT
1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded after being implicated in a plot to overthrow Elizabeth I. 1952 Princess Elizabeth proclaimed herself Queen and head of the Commonwealth and defender of the faith.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 6, 2008 18:12:18 GMT
1952 King George VI died aged 56.
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Post by sullyo on Feb 1, 2008 18:26:20 GMT
Born on 1st February 1965, Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 23, 2008 18:28:21 GMT
Born on this day in 1957, Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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Post by sullyo on Jan 21, 2008 18:15:22 GMT
1793 Louis XVI, King of France was guillotined after being found guilty of treason.
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