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9 days ago

Green days: Ben Ainslie’s new team lead the way on and out of the water | Emma John ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The SailGP championship harnesses sailors’ competitive instincts in the cause of sustainability as teams vie to be the greenest of them all

British sailors have always been a belligerent bunch. Franci…

39 days ago

How Lord Nelson paid the wine bill of his mistress's husband: Philandering Battle of Trafalgar hero ordered 'three dozen of Claret' for cuckolded spouse of Emma Hamilton, letter reveals ⊕

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The British naval hero made the kind offer in a letter to his wine merchant in 1802, around four years after he and Lady Emma Hamilton began their affair.

53 days ago

Watch that Lord Nelson was wearing as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar to sell for £1.2million with his trusty lieutenants' timepieces

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Nelson's watch was inserted into its current carriage clock case by his niece, Lady Bridport, in the 1840s. It was salvaged from Nelson's body as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

60 days ago

68 days ago

What Lady Hamilton REALLY looked like: Scientists reconstruct the face of Lord Nelson's lover based on her skull - revealing a pretty woman with a 'slightly protruding jaw'

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

More than 200 years after she died in debt and destitution at the age of 49, scientists believe they have rediscovered the face of Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's infamous lover.

72 days ago

How Lord Nelson reacted to losing his arm: Letter reveals Battle of Trafalgar hero's stoic words after limb savaged by a musket ball was amputated... without anaesthetic

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Nelson had his right limb blown off during the Battle of Santa Cruz in Tenerife in 1797. Five months after the remains of his limb was amputated, he wrote to a London curate.

5 months ago

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