How would the BBC have reported events like the Great Fire of London in 1666 or the death of William the Conqueror in 1087?

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But who knows what the world would look like today if our hero had become known as William the Whiner instead of William the Conqueror?

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The British royal family can be traced back 900 years to William the Conqueror, although the succession has passed through a number of families to the house of Windsor.

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The 70m (230ft) long tapestry was commissioned by William the Conqueror's half-brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

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Not only because they supplied a good number of English kings and queens, from William the Conqueror on, but also because Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris.

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