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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), styled '''''HM The Queen''...
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ...d VIII]]'s abdication, she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess...
35: ...ow) in all. Though the [[Royal House]] is named [[House of Windsor|Windsor]], it was decreed via a [[1960...
40: ...of Wales|HRH Prince Henry of Wales]] (born [[15 September]], [[1984]]) (known universally as 'Harry') - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
6: {{House of Tudor}}
8: ...the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [...
13: ...ay [[18 February]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wo...
19: ...male heir he desired; consequently, the King attempted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[153...
26: ...'s funeral. In turn, Henry agreed to grant her a household, and the Lady Mary was permitted to reside in... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) wa...
16: ...lizabeth was the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the throne of England. After Queen Anne f...
18: ...d for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Par...
22: ...advances towards Elizabeth while she lived in his household. There, Elizabeth received her education unde... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ... [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: .... When the [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coe...
17: ...tholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...erefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarc... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...ctoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] &ndash...
9: ... her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
20: ...of the United Kingdom|George V]] merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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36: ... Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]].
38: ...e threatened to kill herself. If the suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significan...
44: ...es, including her description of her suicide attempts. The tapes were in the possession of the Princes...
60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
33: ...nd of any of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was ...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
72: ... eleven to five. [[Jean Chr鴩en]] essentially kept governing with Campbell's structure for his ensui... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...e poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and politica...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
31: ...labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global r...
33: ...n her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
45: ...inistry of Pensions and National Insurance]] in September [[1961]], keeping the post until the Conserv...
50: ...d the budget of the [[Open University]] from attempts to cut it. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
20: ...House of Lords. The right of women to sit in the House of Lords remained a point of legal and political ...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - Canada (35540 bytes)
19: ...|English]] is the majority language elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where ...
94: ...U.S. attacked British forces in Canada in an attempt to reduce their control of North America and the ...
96: ...with the [[Act of Union (1840)]] in a doomed attempt to assimilate the French Canadians. Once the U.S....
98: ...880]] Canada included all of its present area except for [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], which joined i...
123: ...kon]] in 1947. Coastal British Columbia is an exception: it enjoys a temperate climate with much milde... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... ''Poblacht na hɩreann'') is the official "description" of an independent state which covers approxim...
58: ...]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an accepted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for off...
67: ...It finally seemed possible in [[1911]] when the [[House of Lords]] lost their veto, and [[John Redmond]] ...
69: ...ublic]] remained unrecognised internationally except by Lenin's Russian Republic. Nevertheless the Rep...
71: ...he ''[[Government of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingd... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
90: ...he [[Persian language|Persian]] language the concepts of "Pak" meaning "Pure" and "stan" for "land" or...
98: ...:ParliamentHouse.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Parliament house in [[Islamabad]].]]
101: The upper house is called the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]], whic... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
62: ...es and Scotland (''i.e.'', the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland). This political usage of "G...
64: ...o Britain (''i.e.'' the United Kingdom)", a description out of date in the Irish case since 1922. An a...
71: ... of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'' being adopted.
76: ...ven the German economic difficulties following adoption of the Euro, would seem to be possible in the ...
78: ...l reform is also a current issue in the UK. The [[House of Lords]] has been subjected to ongoing reforms,... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
49: New Hampshire was founded by Captain [[John Mason]] and first settled in 1623, just...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
88: ...iscellaneous"). [[Hampton Beach, New Hampshire|Hampton Beach]] is a popular local summer destination. ...
90: ...s claim is also bolstered by British records of captured American POWs during the Revolutionary period...
124: ...hodist]] (11% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (9%), [[Presbyterian]] & [[Episcopalian]] (t... - Space (10661 bytes)
1: ...''' — the scientific and philosophical concept. For other uses of space, see [[space (disambigua...
6: ...of a fundamental [[abstract]] mathematical [[concept]]ual framework (together with [[time]] and [[numb...
8: ... both as features of [[spacetime]] – a conception that challenges intuitive notions of distance ...
12: ...e''' in [[physics]] is contentious. Various concepts used to try to define space have included:
17: * The condition within the conceptual field of existence that provides the 'ground' ... - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
47: ... white coloration), loss of eyes (or at least of optical functionality), elongation of appendages, and...
58: ...e as the next most extensive known cave is the [[Optimisticeskaja]] system in the [[Ukraine]], at 214k...
60: ...0m. This was the first cave to be explored to a depth of more than 2km. (The first cave to be descende...
69: ..., this means caves are an archaeological treasure house for learning about these people. [[Cave painting]... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" desig...
48: ...o act as a wall. Inside the palisade they erect a house, or rather a citadel, which looks down on the who...
52: ...nd a natural rock stronghold which only needed adaptation, as at Clifford, Ludlow, the Peak and Exeter...
59: ... the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep, in several crusader castles...
63: ...e), entailed the fall of the whole castle. The adoption of the concentric system precluded any such mi... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
33: ... income; but old debts and present extravagance kept him embarrassed, and he endeavoured to obtain fur...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
37: ...nd so clear was the evidence that he made no attempt at defence. To the lords, who sent a committee to...
40: ... be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean hear...
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