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UNBELIEVABLE: Robert dudley - The Untold Story

Who really wrote Elizabeth I’s angriest letter? New research reveals a hidden hand

On February 10 1586, Elizabeth I wrote one of her most famous letters: a furious rebuke to her favourite, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. She sharply reprimanded him for disobeying her.

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Elizabeth I refused to go to bed before she died – a stubborn final act that reflected her reign

In March 1603, Elizabeth I refused to go to bed. For days, she sat on cushions in her Richmond Palace chamber, silent and withdrawn, as her courtiers waited for the end. It’s a final moment that can be read not simply as the failing of her body, but as the…

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15 Notable Figures From History Who Likely Passed Away As Virgins

From Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled an entire nation, to romance writers like Emily Brontë and Jane Austen, who captured love on paper, these 15 historical figures are widely believed to have lived and passed away as virgins.

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Why She Never Married Yet Ruled an Empire: The Virgin Queen’s Secret

Queen Elizabeth I was a monarch who reigned in England at a period of political threat, religious fragmentation, and power abuse. Elizabeth was single in contrast to the majority of queens, who got married to make alliances or have heirs. Neither was it a weakness nor a chance decision. It…

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Straight from the heart: 'Love Letters' exhibition examines 500 years of emotions

Love is, famously, a many-splendoured thing, encompassing a multitude of emotion. Such feelings expressed on paper over half a century are now on show in a new exhibition titled “Love Letters” that's open at Britain’s National Archives in London.

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Centuries of love letters go on display at the National Archives in London

Love letters spanning five centuries are on display at Britain’s National Archives

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Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol.

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Chimpanzees ingest more than the equivalent of one alcoholic drink a day – new research

Drinking more than you intended may be something that many humans do, but now research is showing that a taste for alcohol is surprisingly common among animals. In fact a new study has found that chimpanzees may ingest the equivalent of two alcoholic drinks a day from eating fermented fruit.

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Chimps consume a pint of lager’s worth of alcohol every day in fruit, scientists find

Wild chimpanzees in Africa are consuming 14 grams of ethanol each day

The Independent UK

Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit

Study finds chimpanzees’ enthusiasm for guzzling ripe fruit puts their ethanol intake at about 14g per day

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The unusual feature that helps salamanders glide over the world's tallest trees

Blood flow in the toes of wandering salamanders helps them to glide over the tops of redwood trees

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Artwork to explore why Elizabeth I would not marry Robert Dudley

Exclusive: Artwork offering fresh perspective on queen’s relationship with courtier to go on display at Kenilworth Castle

The Guardian - UK

11 influential British royal lovers

Not a noble? No problem, if you happen to have a royal who's invested in keeping you happy

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Man 'killed friend with punches' after finding trashed hotel room

Liam O'Brien, 37, denies manslaughter following the death of Craig Fitzpatrick

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Captured paedophile told police 'I've been silly again'

Paul Munro sent vile messages on a chatroom to accounts he thought were run by 13 year old girls

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Did humans inherit love of alcohol from primate ancestors?

For 25 years, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by human

Liverpool Echo

Rapist collapsed in dock after jury rejected his 'devious' lies

The ex karate instructor was labelled a 'monster' after raping a woman and schoolgirl

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These buzzed monkeys could help explain why we love drinking

Nothing explains jägerbombs, though, sorry.

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