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Grand Duchesses Maria, Olga, Anastasia & Tatiana of Russia

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Queen Victoria seated on the Travancore throne wearing the sash of the Order of Neshan Aftab, presented to her by the Shah of Persia. Portrait taken as her official portrait as Empress of India in January 1876.

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The State Ball Room of Buckingham Palace

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Kaiser Wilhelm II, King George V and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during King Edward VII's funeral procession, 1910

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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Prince Charles and Princess Anne by Cecil Beaton, Coronation Day, 1953

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Photograph of recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. 

From left to right are Private William Clayton, Private Edmund Battle, Colour Sergeant John Woods, Sergeant Frederick Lovell, Sergeant Frederick Williams and Lance Corporal John Martin. All are wearing military uniform and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. A small dog named Bobby is sitting on a stool at the centre of the group. There is a stone wall behind. Queen Victoria received this group at Osborne on the 17th August 1881 in recognition of their actions during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 

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Interior of a tent erected at Balmoral Castle for the ball given by Queen Victoria on the occasion of the birthday of her daughter Princess Helena, 25 May 1868  

Seated on dais, left to right: the Duchess of Atholl, Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria, Princess Louise, the Prince of Wales, Prince Leopold, and Prince Arthur

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Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII (1894-1972) riding a bike Aug 1910

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St George's Hall in Windsor Castle laid out for a banquet in 1902 and 2011

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Lying-in-state of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom in Westminster Hall, 1910

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Brothers in law Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (King Frederick VIII), January 1869

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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (future Queen Mother) travelling in the Gold State Coach for the State Opening of Parliament

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Empress Dowager Cixi of China (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) in the Forbidden City. 

The Empress effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II in an Austrian uniform 

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Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I of England and Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of Scots on the set of the film Mary, Queen of Scots, 1971 

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Queen Anne-Marie and King Constantine II of Greece on their wedding day, 1964

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Maids of Honour of Queen Elizabeth II leave Westminster Abbey after a full dress rehearsal of the coronation.