Off screen, Elizabeth Taylor’s love life was complex, and when she met Richard Burton, the Mark Antony to her Cleopatra, she married him not once but twice. In all, she was married eight times. https://t.co/uRtPWZb3f1

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2019-09-30

Jane Austen’s novels present a complex and balanced picture of love and marriage within British society. Austen herself, however, was less fortunate in love and remained single. Choice? Circumstance? https://t.co/uRtPWZsE6z

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2019-09-29

Elizabeth I – The flame-haired daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was the final heir of the House of Tudor. She was married to her country – a strong, independent woman who reigned alone as the Virgin Queen. https://t.co/uRtPWZb3f1

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Famed as a dancer in the jazz era, Josephine Baker was a sensation at the Folies Bergère in Paris in 1927 with a routine in which she danced wearing a girdle of bananas. She married four times in her lifetime. https://t.co/uRtPWZsE6z

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2019-09-28

Edward VIII’s reign as the King of England was one of the briefest reigns in history. His love affair with Mrs Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, caused a constitutional crisis and he abdicated the throne after less than a year of rule.
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