British Empire

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Horatio Nelson was Britain’s greatest naval commander—but after he died, the British government repaid his lifetime of heroic service with a tragic betrayal.

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Edwina Mountbatten was the most scandalous aristocrat of the 20th century. If her name isn’t well known today, maybe that’s because of her tragic end.



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