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The haunting question that set off alarm bells before the Great Fire of Windsor broke out during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's wedding anniversary ⊖

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The blaze began in Queen Victoria 's Private Chapel on the Berkshire residence and spread from there, as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 's wedding anniversary celebrations went up in smoke.

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Gruesome history of church 'saved' by expert engineering: How medieval building survived Great Fire of London but then fell down because 'too many' burials undermined it

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Photos yesterday showed how the tower of All Hallows Staining has been balanced 45 feet above the ground as part of an ongoing office block development.

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4 months ago

The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – sex and the city

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Newly decoded extracts from his diaries expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious sexual predator

Samuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded a…

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

We've all asked ourselves the question: if the house is on fire, and people and pets are safe, what one item would you rescue? Diarist Samuel Pepys saved a £1,000 imported wheel of Parmigiano.

5 months ago

What would happen if the Great Fire of London took place TODAY: Terrifying map reveals the modern landmarks that would perish - including the Walkie-Talkie, Bank Station, and The Ned

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless. Now, a map shows what that devastation would look like today.

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