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Hace 4 días · United Kingdom - Charles I, Civil War, Restoration: Father and son could hardly be more different than were James and Charles. Charles was shy and physically deformed. He had a speech defect that made his pronouncements painful for him and his audiences alike. Charles had not been raised to rule. His childhood had been spent in the shadow of his brother, Prince Henry, who had died in 1612, and ...
Hace 4 días · Royal family portrait, August 22, 1951. (From left) Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the duke of Edinburgh, King George VI, and Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II). Princess Anne is in the baby carriage. (more) Philip, duke of Edinburgh. Early in 1947 Princess Elizabeth went with the king and queen to South Africa.
Hace 2 días · United Kingdom - The return of the Liberals: The Liberals returned to power in December 1905 after Balfour had resigned. Between the end of the South African War and this date, they had become more united as the Conservatives had disintegrated. In 1903 Chamberlain had taken up the cause of protection, thereby disturbing an already uneasy balance within Balfour’s cabinet. He failed to win ...
Hace 4 días · United Kingdom - Edward VI (1547–53): Henry was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, but real power passed to his brother-in-law, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, who became duke of Somerset and lord protector shortly after the new reign began. Somerset ruled in loco parentis; the divinity of the crown resided in the boy king, but authority was exercised by an uncle who proved ...
Hace 3 días · Sunrise: 04:43AM. Sunset: 09:20PM. Day length: 16h 38m. Solar noon: 01:02PM. The current local time in Royal Tunbridge Wells is 62 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Hace 2 días · David I (r. 1124-1153) Born about 1080, David was the sixth and youngest son of Malcolm III and St Margaret. He spent his youth at the Court of his brother-in-law Henry I of England and in about 1113-14 married Matilda, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and widow of Simon de Senlis. As a result of the marriage, he held the Earldom of ...
Hace 1 día · The United Kingdom's response to the COVID-19 pandemic consists of various measures by the healthcare community, the British and devolved governments, the military and the research sector. Throughout the pandemic, the British and devolved governments disseminated advice to the public, enacted numerous public health laws including several lockdowns , and provided financial support to several ...
