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Duchess Catherine stepped out hours after giving birth
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Prince Harry is engaged to Meghan Markle
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Parsons Green bombing, 29 injured
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About 60 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze 
Map of Grenfell Tower West London United Kingdom A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes
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Tories lost its parliamentary majority in surprise election results |
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Six killed in vehicle and stabbing incidents
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Prince Philip will no longer carry out public engagements |
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Brexit begins: UK triggers Article 50 |
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Five dead in Westminster terror attack Map of Westminster London United Kingdom At least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament
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New Prime Minister Theresa May to form government |
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Brexit: UK votes to leave EU in historic referendum| The UK has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years. The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985. Leave won by 52% to 48% with England and Wales voting strongly for Brexit, while London, Scotland and N. I... | |
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Labour's Sadiq Khan elected 1st Muslim London mayor |
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EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote |
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Tories closing in on a majority
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Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter
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Hostage 'death video' investigated |
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Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London |
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Women 'held as slaves for 30 years' |
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UK MPs vote against Syria action |
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Royal baby prince named George |
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Duchess gives birth to son Map of Paddington London United Kingdom| The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital. The Duke of Cambridge said in a statement the couple 'could not be... | |
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Kate Middleton in labour as world waits |
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Bayern wins Champions League. 2-1, over Dortmund |
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'Barbaric' slaying may be terror attack
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Last respects paid to Lady Thatcher |
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Margaret Thatcher dead at 87
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Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized |
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Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call |
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William and Kate expecting royal child |
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Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal |
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Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games Map of Stratford United Kingdom| The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond. The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show... | |
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Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee
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Further riots spreads across England |
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UK lawmakers grill Murdoch, ex-editor |
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London police chief resigns amid scandal |
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Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing
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Prince William married Catherine Middleton Map of Westminster United Kingdom Prince William of Wales slipped a gold ring onto the finger of Catherine Middleton, and the couple vowed to love, comfort, honor each other
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Wikileaks founder Assange freed on bail |
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Protesters attack Prince Charles' car |
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Prince William announced engagement |
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David Cameron named UK prime minister
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Conservatives head for big gains |
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BA cabin crew begin strike action |
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G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal
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G20 leaders vow to restore growth |
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Fans receive final Potter book
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Brown: Let work of change begin
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47 dead as storm batters Europe |
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies |
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Blair: I will resign within a year |
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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled
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Bombs kill 52 A series of 4 'callous' and coordinated bombings in transport system. Power failed on crowded underground trains
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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Blair heads for historic third term |
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Prince Charles marries Camilla |
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Hutton clears Blair, faults BBC |
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Millions in peace protests |
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Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister Map of 10 Downing Street London United Kingdom 'Iron Lady' was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office
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Prince Charles born
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First United Nations General Assembly held in London Map of Methodist Central Hall Westminster United Kingdom The first session was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister A meeting between Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill and David Margesson, the government Chief Whip, led to the recommendation of Churchill
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Britain and France declare war on Germany No Western power committed to launching a significant offensive, notwithstanding the terms of the Anglo-Polish and Franco-Polish military alliances
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Neville Chamberlain becomes prime minister
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King Edward VIII of England abdicates to marry Mrs. Simpson He caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her...
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Queen Elizabeth II born Was born in the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. Her father, Prince Albert, (later George VI), was the second son of the K...
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First woman member admitted to British House of Lords
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Prince Philip born |
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Lady Astor first woman member of House of Commons
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Balfour Declaration promises a Jewish homeland A letter from the UK Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community
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Sir Roger Casement hanged
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Britain declares war on Germany It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. Britain had given Germany an ultimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight of August...
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Entente Cordiale signed by England and France A series of agreements between the United Kingdom and France, marking the start of the alliance against Germany and Austria-Hungary
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Winston Churchill born England: A British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955
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Ireland: An Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. His main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays
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Publication of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade
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Chartists present Petition to Parliament
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W.H. Fox Talbot produces first photographic negative |
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Queen Victoria ascends throne Victoria turned 18 and a regency was avoided. On 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kin...
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Greece declared independence |
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Queen Victoria born Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III
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Cardinal Newman born |
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Parliament repeals Stamp Act |
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James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson |
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Richard Sheridan born |
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George III born |
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Union of England and Scotland as Great Britain The Union with Scotland by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act by the Parliament of Scotland
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Act of Settlement of Succession to English |
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William and Mary proclaimed King and Queen of England |
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William of Orange invited to England |
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Habeas Corpus Act becomes law |
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Greenwich Observatory founded
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Queen Anne born |
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Long Parliament dissolved |
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Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth An English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
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Long Parliament assembled |
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The Great Protestation of the House of Commons |
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Sir Walter Raleigh executed |
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Guy Fawkes hanged |
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Guy Fawkes arrested for trying to blow up Parliament |
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Accession of King James I. Union of England and Scotland |
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England |
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Death of Henry VIII |
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Anne Boleyn beheaded |
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Sir Thomas More executed An English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord Ch...
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Act of Supremacy |
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Queen Elizabeth I born |
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Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon |
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Battle of St. Albans begins War of Roses
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Deposition of Richard II of England
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First meeting of House of Commons |
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Burgesses summoned to Parliament |
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King John seals Magna Carta
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King Edward the Confessor died |
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