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Post by Ibelieveinfairytales on Feb 20, 2008 18:10:04 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?. No, King Edward VII was the second of nine children to Queen Victoria, so Princess Beatrice would have been the last. |
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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 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 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 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 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 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 Apr 16, 2008 20:27:02 GMT
1746 The army of Bonnie Prince Charlie was routed by the Duke of Cumberland, at the battle of Culloden.
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queenk
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Post by queenk on Apr 18, 2008 22:41:13 GMT
Why do they call him Bonnie Prince Charlie?
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Post by sullyo on Apr 19, 2008 21:02:56 GMT
I think it was because he was so good looking when he was young.
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Post by sullyo on Apr 19, 2008 21:04:31 GMT
1956 Prince Rainier III of Monaco married Grace Kelly.
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Post by sullyo on Apr 23, 2008 20:16:16 GMT
1661 Charles II was crowned at Westminster Abbey. Today is the 27th birthday of Lady Gabriella Windsor, daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
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Post by sullyo on Apr 28, 2008 21:30:45 GMT
1603, The funeral of Queen Elizabeth I took place at Westminster Abbey.
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Post by sullyo on Apr 29, 2008 20:45:50 GMT
1986 The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is laid to rest with her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor. 1993 Buckingham Palace opens to the public for the first time to raise funds to repair fire damaged Windsor Castle.
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Post by sullyo on May 5, 2008 21:13:24 GMT
1821 Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St. Helena. 1941 Emperor Haile Selaisse returned to Ethiopia from exile in England.
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