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5 giorni fa · Edward III added the French fleur-de-lis to the Royal Arms of England to symbolise his claim to the French throne. In March 1337, Edward created six new earldoms in order to gain military support for a war against France. His eldest son, the six-year-old Edward of Woodstock, was made Duke of Cornwall, the first duchy created in England.
1 giorno fa · Lieutenant-General Charles Boye, Commander in Chief, Bombay Army; Brigadier Edward Thomas Arthur George Boylan (1894-1959), Commander Royal Artillery, 59th Infantry Division; Major-General Anthony Hugh Boyle CB (1941—2011), Signal-Officer-in-Chief; Major-General John Boyne, Director-General, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2 giorni fa · The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901 which signified the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians—actually begins with the passage of the Reform Act ...
2 giorni fa · The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as ...
4 giorni fa · Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson; 15 October 1959), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a British author, philanthropist, television personality, and member of the extended British royal family. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, who is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and a younger brother of King ...
3 giorni fa · The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
5 giorni fa · THE King has honoured his top doctors amid his ongoing cancer treatment as he marks his official birthday today. Dr Michael Dixon, head of the Royal Medical Household, and Charles’s GP Dr Fiona ...
