My interest in history began with tales of my grandfather’s childhood. He was born on 27 October 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. He spent the first thirteen years of his life as a Victorian and lived under six different monarchs. History is not a static thing confined to the past. It is dynamic, ever changing and happening all around us. Yesterday, we witnessed it unfolding. I doubt my grandfather ever thought of himself as a Victorian or an Edwardian, any more than I considered myself an Elizabethan, but I have known only one queen, so that is exactly what I was. Now, the second Elizabethan era has ended and we have a new king, Charles III.
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