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Did you know that Leeds Castle near Maidstone is sometimes referred to as Ladies’ Castle because so many Queens of England have lived there? Eleanor of Castile and Margaret of France, Edward I’s two wives; Philippa of Hainault the wife of Edward III; Catherine de Valois, Henry V’s spouse; Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII (or not, your view in his reign depending on survival instincts); and even his daughter Elizabeth, the future Queen, all resided at the lovely castle at one time or another.

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Carol McGiffin
Mackenize Crook
Robert Fisk
William Hazlitt

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Time and tide wait for no man. - Geoffrey Chaucer
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Battle of Northampton - 1460, Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England - 1553, Battle of Beachy Head - 1690, The Battle of Britain begins - 1940, Launch of the Parking Meter - 1958
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