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- Wendy Beckett was born on 25 February 1930 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was a writer, known for Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (1996), Songs of Praise (1961) and Gallery (1984). She died on 26 December 2018 in Quidenham, Norfolk, England, UK.
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Andrew Graham-Dixon was born on 26 December 1960. He is a writer and producer, known for The Art of France (2017), A History of British Art (1996) and The Art of Russia (2009). He has been married to Sabine Marie Pascale Tilly since 8 August 1985. They have three children.- Kenneth Clark was born on 13 July 1903 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Civilisation (1969), Carved in Ivory (1976) and The Lively Arts (1969). He was married to Nolwen de Janzé and Elizabeth Macgregor Martin. He died on 21 May 1983 in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
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Simon Schama was born on 13 February 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for A History of Britain (2000), Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006) and The Romantic Revolution. He is married to Virginia E. Papaioannou. They have one child.- Writer
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Bettany Hughes was born in 1968 in Oxford, England, UK. She is a writer and producer, known for Ultimate Treasure Countdown (2020), Curiosity (2011) and Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong'o (2019). She is married to Adrian Evans. They have two children.- Director
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Waldemar Januszczak was born on 12 January 1954 in the UK. He is a director and writer, known for The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012), The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) and Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism (2024).- Special Effects
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Richard Taylor is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), King Kong (2005) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).- Writer
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Mary Beard was born on 1 January 1955 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for W1A (2014), El sueño de la sultana (2023) and Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012).- Michael Portillo was born on 26 May 1953 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and editor, known for Great American Railroad Journeys (2016), Railways of the Great War (2014) and Great British Railway Journeys (2010). He has been married to Carolyn Claire Eadie since 12 February 1982.
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Prince Harry was born on 15 September 1984 in City of Westminster, London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War (2018), Princess Catherine: Queen in Waiting and Becoming the Princess Royal. He has been married to Meghan Markle since 19 May 2018. They have two children.- King Charles III was born November 14, 1948. His first military services appointment was in 1969. His favorite food is scrambled eggs and he likes to drink whisky. He enjoys going to Scotland, UK; Klosters, Switzerland; and the Eleuthra in the Caribbean. He enjoys hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, skiing, painting, writing and reading.
On February 24, 1981 the engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer was announced at Buckingham Palace. On July 29, 1981 Charles married Princess Diana. The fairy-tale wedding took place at St. Paul's Cathedral. Eleven months later on June 21, 1982 Prince William of Wales was born. William is second in line for the throne after his father. Two years later their second son Prince Harry was born September 15, 1984. Diana said that during the months before was his birth, she and Charles were closer than they ever had been before, but after the birth of Harry the marriage went badly wrong. On August 28, 1996 the fairy-tale marriage came to an end: Charles and Diana divorced. A year later, on August 31, 1997, Diana died in a car crash.
Charles now is married to his long-time love, Queen Camilla. - Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor was born on June 21, 1982 to King Charles III and Princess Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. At his birth, he became second in line to the throne of the United Kingdom, after his father. His early life was spent living in London in Kensington Palace. When he was four and a half, he started nursery school at the Mrs. Maynard Acadamy. Aged eight, he went to Wetherby School, then to a boarding school called Ludgrove, which is about 25 miles from London. When he was 10, his parents separated and they divorced when he was 14. Aged 13, he started at Eton College, an all boys school near Windsor, in Berkshire, and close to Windsor Castle, the home of his grandmother. On August 31, 1997 William was woken up with the news that his mother had died in a car-crash in Paris. Since her death, he has been very protective of his younger brother, Harry, now a cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Prince William is due to join him in 2006, having graduated from the University of St. Andrews with an Upper Second Class Degree in History of Art. With the Death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 2022 Prince William became the first in the line to the throne of the United Kingdom, after his father King Charles III and the new Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & Cambridge. If William becomes King, it is not known what title he might take, but it is likely to be William V.
- Neil MacGregor is known for Closet (2014).
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Simon Sebag Montefiore was born in 1965 in England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Young Stalin, The Royal Rabbits of London and The World: A Family History.- Writer
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Janina Ramirez is known for Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts (2020), Dragon Wars: Fire and Fury (2014) and An Art Lovers' Guide (2017).