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After Charles I was executed by his own people, his son, Charles II, began the long and brutal road to reclaim the English throne.

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Princess Marina lost her husband Prince George in a plane crash during WWII, but 26 years later, she had to face her own mortality.

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Since everyone knew Daisy Greville was King Edward VII’s favorite mistress, people were stunned when she heartlessly betrayed him.

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As George Washington lay on his deathbed, his greatest fear took over—and led him to leave utterly bizarre orders to his staff.

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Rose Kennedy watched as dark twists of fate picked off her children one by one—but one tragedy hit her so much harder than any of their deaths.

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Whether it was his constant affairs or his financial scandals, few monarchs have fallen from grace quite like Juan Carlos I of Spain, the Two Faced-King.



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