British History Series

Tudors, Comets and Velcro...just some of the topics in This Week in British History | 30 Mar-5th Apr


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Covering lots of interesting things this week in "In This Week in British History'  

⚰️ The death of Prince Arthur Tudor and what happened next 

🗡 Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake 

🤔 Why does our Prime Minister love on Downing Street? (Filmed ON LOCATION) 

☄️Halley’s Comet is spotted centuries before Halley’s birth 

① Churchill Resigns for the second and last time as British Prime Minister - see the newsreel Winston Churchill: https://winstonchurchill.org/the-life-of-churchill/senior-statesman/1950-1959/winston-churchill-resigns-as-prime-minister/ 

👨🏻‍✈️Formation of the Royal Air Force, and ♾ a short history of Velcro (yes, honestly!)

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