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British Royal Weddings: A Potted History © Getty Images

British Royal Weddings: A Potted History

Why do we say "send someone to Coventry"? © Getty Images

Why do we say “send someone to Coventry”?

A Royal Affair © Getty Images

A Royal Affair

Salem Witch Trials © Getty Images

Salem Witch Trials

Who executed King Charles I? © Getty Images

Who executed King Charles I?

Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate? © Superstock

Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate?

Who invented lemonade? © Getty Images

Who invented lemonade?

Why do we say ‘Warts and all’? © Wikimedia Commons

Why do we say ‘Warts and all’?

In a nutshell: the British © Getty Images

In a nutshell: the British

When was tobacco first thought to be dangerous? (public domain)

When was tobacco first thought to be dangerous?

Top five… ships that sailed into history (public domain)

Top five… ships that sailed into history

Did Oliver Cromwell really ban Christmas? (public domain)

Did Oliver Cromwell really ban Christmas?

What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded? © Getty Images

What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded?

Articles of Union presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706 (c1905). Commissioners appointed by English, Scottish Parliaments. The Acts of Union was signed in 1706 and 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, 1905). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did Scotland join the 1707 Union with England?