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Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

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Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Born	c.1524
Died	November 10, 1596

John Milton

English poet

John Bunyan

English author

William Laud

archbishop of Canterbury

John Foxe

English Puritan preacher and author

Thomas Hooker

American colonial clergyman

Edmund Grindal

archbishop of Canterbury

William Prynne

English pamphleteer

Sir Henry Vane, the Younger

English administrator

Richard Baxter

English minister

Hugh Peter

English minister

John Rogers

English Monarchist leader

William Ames

English theologian

William Strode

English politician

John Owen

English minister

Miles Coverdale

bishop of Exeter

Lodowick Muggleton

English religious leader

Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick

English colonial administrator

Stephen Marshall

English clergyman

Robert Crowley

English social reformer

Sir Thomas Pride

English soldier

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