Queen Victoria had 16 children who married into the other European royal families. One can imagine how devastating it was to the royal families. The Russian Royal family is gone.
What is not mentioned is that Henry VIII was not groomed to be a king but studied to be a priest. In those days the first son was groomed to be king while the second son was to be the head of the church. It explains why Henry VIII decided to be the Head of the Church of England.
When I was the kid the teachers always used Timbuktu, say, from London to Timbuktu as an example to show wideness of whatever. I knew it was in Africa. Here is Timbuktu
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