After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...

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because I think she was unfairly treated,” Collins said of the woman who sparked King Edward VIII’s abdication Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Wolfgang Kuhn/United Archives via Getty Joan Collins ...

Dame Joan Collins has been unveiled to play ... King because of his wealth and position. In 1936, King Charles's great-uncle Edward VIII chose to abdicate the throne to marry her.

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Dame Joan Collins is all set to portray Wallis Simpson in a new ... a film that explores Simpson's life after the death of her husband, King Edward VIII. “I am thrilled about the challenge of playing ...

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A colossal bronze statue of Joan of Arc will be removed from public display in the French city of Nice just three months after it was unveiled, after judges ruled the city had breached public ...

A colossal bronze statue of Joan of Arc will be removed from public display in the French city of Nice just three months after it was unveiled, after judges ruled the city had breached public ...