Images Dated 11th January 2005

A lion rests his head on a tree branch in Kenyas Maasai Mara game reserve

A lion rests his head on a tree branch in Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve, 240 km (150 miles) west of capital Nairobi, January 11, 2005. The Maasai Mara is widely considered to be Africa's greatest wildlife reserve, it comprises 200 sq miles of open plains, woodlands and forest. The vast grassland plains are scattered with herds of zebra, giraffe, gazelle, and topi. Elephants and buffalo wallow in the wide Musiara Swamp and the Mara and Talek rivers are brimming with hippos and crocodile. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti RSS/AS - RP5DRIFJVTAA

Portrait of The Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria

Portrait of H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, an engraaving after the portrait by Winterhalter. Formerly Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, she was the widowed sister of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg who had himself been widowed in 1817 when Princess Charlotte, George IV's heir, had died in childbirth. The event led to the infamous race for wives among George III's sons and it was Victoria, following her marriage to the Duke of Kent who was the first to produce a female heir to the British throne in 1819

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Raising the Great Bell into the Tower of St. Pauls Cathedra

Engraving showing three stages in the raising of a new Great Bell into the tower of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1882. At left, the bell is shown within the South-west tower doorway. At centre, workmen are seen working the crabs to raise the bell. At right, the bell is shown ascending through the geometrical staircase

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