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    The Eleanor CROSSES

    Jan 31, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS FELICITY DAY

    The story of the Eleanor Crosses has to be a contender for the most romantic in British history. A tale of royal love, loss and lifelong devotion, it begins in 1254 with the politically convenient marriage of two teenagers. The groom was a lanky 15-year-old: the future King Edward I of England; the bride chosen for him: a Spanish Princess, Eleanor of Castile, not quite 13.

    Yet against the odds, theirs became a true love match. Discovering shared interests in horses, hunting and chess, they were soon inseparable, travelling far and wide together –

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