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SHADOW THAT HAUNTS ITALY'S ROYALS The exiled members of Italy's House of Savoy hace returned to their homeland. But the homecoming was far from being universally acclaimed. History tells us why.
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WHAT GRACE TOLD DIANA Weeks after her engagement to Prince Charles, Lady Diana Spencer met that other "fairy tale Princess", Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. The nervous Diana sought some advice from the former Hollywood film star. What was it?
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ELLA: RUSSIA'S ROYAL SAINT There was turmoil and assassination before the Bolsheviks seized power from the Romanovs in 1917. The Grand Duchess Ella had already lost her husband to a terrorist bomb before she turned to religion but her faith did not save her from the Red Terror.
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JOHN: THE LOST PRINCE All those despaired of ever seeing royalty portrayed sensibly on film can take heart. The BBC and writer/director Stephen Poliakoff have produced a stunning glimpse of the world through the eyes of King George V's autistic son.
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THE SECRET FILES ON WALLIS SIMPSON Many of the documents covering the drama of Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 are still embargoed . . . but the release of these files after the death of the Queen Mother threw up amazing disclosurers. Did you know that Wallis Simpson was two-timing Edward? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WHAT PRICE ROYAL LOVE? Perhaps few people were surprised when Major James Hewitt put Diana's love letters up for sale with an asking price of $10 million. But he wasn't the first to "kiss-and-tell" about the Royal Family. It goes as far back as Queen Victoria . . .
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