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Video podcast Marshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast 1950s Britain: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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1950s Britain: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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circa 1927: From the left: King George V and Queen Mary (seated), the Duke of York and Duchess of York with 14 month old Princess Elizabeth and, on the extreme right, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, accompanied by Rufus Kampa as Prince William and Fflyn Edwards as Prince Harry
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“Haunted, in more ways than one”: A historian’s review of The Crown S6, part 1

c1952: Queen Elizabeth II with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)
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What was Queen Elizabeth II like as a mother?

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Charles, Will and Harry from 'The Crown' compared to a real picture of Charles and William.
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The Crown season 6 cast vs their real-life counterparts

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Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986
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Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

London crowds celebrating the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War.
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Why poppies are worn, plus 4 more things you need to know about Armistice Day

A black and white photo of Adolf Hitler standing by a car and wearing a coat, looking towards the camera.
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How the Munich Beer Hall Putsch set Hitler on his road to power

British infantry shelter in trenches
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Trench tactics: how was war fought in the WW1 trenches?