On This Day…
5th March 133
King Henry II Born
King of England 1154–89. Born in France, son of Empress Matilda. The first of the Plantagenets monarchs. First friend and then murderer of Thomas Becket. Father of Richard I and King John – for a modern take on Henry II’s dysfunctional royal family see the 1968 film ‘The Lion in Winter’. Died in France.
Cockney Cabbies
One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History
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