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When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs.

The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.

At a time of turmoil for Britain’s royal family, an exhibition at Windsor Castle provides an insight into the lives of an earlier king and queen.