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A fragment of an account for many yards’ worth of detailed embroidery to be added by to Henry VIII’s already extravagant clothes.

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Tyrants

Discover the secrets of some of the world’s most notorious dictators with official records held by The National Archives. From psychiatric data and x-rays of Hitler’s skull through to Idi Amin’s omission from the Queen’s Christmas card list, the files reveal the lesser known details of history’s famous tyrants.

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