In the shift from absolutism towards representative government, the monarch symbolised impartiality and balance
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Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession.
Elizabeth of Austria, hailed the ‘mother of kings’, is still remembered more for her supposed lack of beauty than for her political legacy.
Charles’ royal tour will be historic – but will this be for the right reasons?
It was sometimes thought that men who had sex with men would give birth to monsters.
Other queens were just teenagers when they ascended the throne.
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will maintain all the traditions of previous royal funerals but will have some new additions to ease the new sovereign in.
The monarch is the head of the Church of England but as Britain has become more diverse so has the approach to religion in jubilees.
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Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Portsmouth
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Reader in Renaissance History, University of Winchester
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Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Post-doc in History, Adam Mickiewicz University
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Profesor of History, Adam Mickiewicz University
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Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
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Lecturer, History, University of Bristol
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Professor of Book and Library History, Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University