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Victoria to George VI by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Victoria in 1837 to Elizabeth II in 1952.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Queen Victoria in 1837, Empress of India and the first ruler of a truly modern, industrialised Britain, to Elizabeth II in 1952, Queen regnant of a sovereign nation weary of its European neighbours’ thirst for superpower.

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George VI to Elizabeth II by Clay Lane

The final part of this series is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II, the country’s longest-serving monarch and arguably the most popular in our history.

Below is a brief overview of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the country’s longest-serving monarch and one of the most popular in our history.

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The Peasants’ Revolt : In 1381, young King Richard II was faced with a popular uprising against tax rises.
The Two Shakespeares : Arthur Clutton-Brock complained that idealising Shakespeare had made him dull.
Fairway : Use each noun below in two sentences, first as the subject, and then as the object of a verb.
England Expects : Lieutenant John Pasco not only flew the most famous signal in British history, he helped write it.
Running Late : Use these adverbial clauses in your own sentences.
Peggy’s Dog : Some lines from the comic verse of Thomas Hood, for reading aloud.
An Interruption : Report this conversation without using direct speech.
Tender Plants : Prince Albert regretted the destructive power of the Art Critic.
Lost for Words : Join these ideas together into a single sentence, using ‘although’ or ‘though’.
Loan Words : Match these words to the language they come from, whether Old Norse, Malay or Welsh.
Evidence : Join these ideas together to form a single sentence, using the relative pronoun ‘who’.
Fatal Vow : Robert Pierrepont called heaven to witness that he would never pick a side in the Civil War.
Lost and Found : What would you in these difficult situations?
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