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A coffin containing the remains of a British soldier is carried on April 23 in the Honorable Artillery Company (HAC) Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein. Four British soldiers were laid to rest with full military honors in northern France on April 23, nearly a century after they were killed in action in World War I. Their bodies were discovered in 2009 when a local farmer was clearing one of his fields.

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Coffins containing the remains of British soldiers are prepared for burial on April 23 in the HAC Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein.

Almost 100 years after they were killed in action, Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Douglas Elphick were re-interred with full military honors in a private ceremony. Lieutenant Pritchard was killed in action on May 15, 1917 during an enemy attack near Bullecourt, France and his remains were found in a field near the site in 2009. His body was eventually identified by a silver bracelet with his name engraved on it. Private Elphick was born in Dulwich, South London in 1889. He was killed in action on May 15, 1917 during an enemy attack near Bullecourt, France and his remains were found in a field near the site in 2009. His body was eventually identified by a signet ring bearing his initials. Unidentified remains belonging to two other soldiers were also buried.

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The coffin containing the remains of a British soldier is prepared for burial on April 23 in the HAC Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint- Mein.

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Relatives of British World War I soldier Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard behind the soldier's headstone after a ceremony at the HAC cemetery in Ecoust-St-Mein, France, on April 23.

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Farmer Didier Guerle shows a rusted and deteriorated rifle and pickaxe which he found in a field in 2009 near the site where he also located the bodies of two British World War I soldiers in Bullecourt, France, on April 22.

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Margaret Thatcher holds a chimpanzee while Prime Minister in 1985.

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British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher enjoys a cup of tea at the opening of the South Mimms Motorway service area, watched by the press in 1987.

Margaret Thatcher, who led Great Britain as prime minister from 1979 to 1990, was the first woman to hold the job, and was the longest-serving prime minister of the postwar era.

During her decades-long career in politics, the camera followed her every move and many of the images that we’re left with show a humorous side to the “Iron Lady."

Whether she was meeting with constituents or playing a game of snooker, Thatcher’s image appears to be one of control and grace.

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Margaret Thatcher has fun on a ski run in Battersea Park with instructor Joe Hoki in 1962 as the Conservative MP.

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Margaret Thatcher, conservative party leader, on the campaign trail during the general election campaign in 1979.

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Margaret Thatcher gets a kiss from Petticoat Lane stallholder Lew Pickle, on her East End walkabout in 1979 in London while she was the Conservative Party leader.

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Margaret Thatcher swings from a hoist during a visit to the Royal Navy as prime minister in 1983

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Margaret Thatcher handles a silver mine drill at the Broken Hill mine, west of Sydney, Australia, in 1976.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stands in a British tank during a visit to British forces in Fallingbostel in 1986.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Imperial College, London, to open the Technology 2000 exhibition in 1985.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher plays snooker during an election campaign visit in 1987.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher peers through binoculars during an election campaign photo call in 1987.

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People look at the illuminated cloisters at Lacock Abbey on Jan. 10 in Lacock, England.

For two weeks the medieval cloisters of Lalock Abbey, which was featured in two Harry Potter films, will be bathed in dazzling colors to highlight their architectural treasures as part of the installation "Into the Light" by Britain's National Trust. According to the BBC, the abbey's "cloisters and side rooms were transformed into the classrooms at Hogwarts School while the location was also used for Harry's discovery of the Mirror of Erised." The installation opens to the public on Jan. 12. 

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People stop to look at the illuminated front of Lacock Abbey on Jan. 10.

The abbey was also once home to William Henry Fox Talbot, considered by many to be the father of photography. At the same time that Louis Daguerre was inventing the daguerreotype process in France, Talbot was developing a positive/negative process which became the foundation for photography for many years to come. Talbot's first successful photo in the 1830s (click here to see the image) was of a window at the abbey. 

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The illuminated cloisters at Lacock Abbey.

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People stop to look at the illuminated front of Lacock Abbey.

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Volunteer Kristine Heuser stops to look at the illuminated cloisters at Lacock Abbey.

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A muddy bullfrog is inspected during a photo call for the annual census at the London Zoo on Jan. 3, 2013.

More than 17,500 animals, including birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are counted in the annual census at the London Zoo. The count is a compulsory part of the zoo's license and the information is used for managing international breeding programs of endangered animals. 

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Zoo keeper Zuzana Matyasova poses with penguins during the annual cataloguing of animals at the London Zoo.

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Zoo keeper Jeff Lambert poses with leaf insects.

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A European Eagle owl during the annual census at the London Zoo.

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Zoo keeper Grant Kother poses with a Diamond Python.

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Penguins swim during the annual census at the London Zoo.

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A male jungle nymph sits on a female jungle nymph during a photo call for the annual census at the London Zoo.

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A member of the public reacts as a prison van transports Mark Bridger from Aberystwyth Magistrates Court in Mid Wales on Oct. 8, 2012. Bridger appeared at court on Monday charged with the murder of missing school girl April Jones, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of her body.

The former slaughterhouse worker charged in the murder of April Jones, a missing five-year-old girl in a rural area of Wales, made his first appearance in court Monday, a week after she went missing. Mark Bridger was charged with murder, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of her body. Jones was last seen getting into a vehicle last Monday near her home in the rural market town of Machynlleth. Eighteen specialist search teams made up of 100 officers are involved in the hunt for Jones.

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Head stalker Peter Fraser leads a shooting party up to Milstone Cairn on the Invercauld Estate in Braemar, Scotland, on Sept. 28, 2012.

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Peter Fraser prepares to load a freshly shot stag onto a pony.

After forty five years as a professional stalker, and 43 years as the head stalker on the Invercauld Estate, Peter Fraser is working his last red deer stag season before his retirement in November. (Stalking is the term used in Scotland for hunting and shooting deer.) The stalking season runs from July until October.

According to the Invercauld Estate website, "the land has been in the ownership of the Farquharson family for many centuries and extends to approximately 200 square miles of spectacular scenery. The Estate is managed commercially but with great respect for the natural environment."

Read more about gamekeepers and Peter Fraser on the Scottish Gamekeepers Association website. 

Editor's note: This series of pictures was made available Oct. 1.

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Peter Fraser, right, and his hunting party look down on a stag at Loch Kander on the Invercauld Estate on Sept. 29, 2012, in Braemar, Scotland.

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Peter Fraser drags a shot stag at Milstone Cairn on the Invercauld Estate on Sept. 28, 2012.

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Peter Fraser disembowels a deer in Corrie Kander on the Invercauld Estate on Sept. 29, 2012.

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Peter Fraser stands in the larder doorway on Auchallater farm on the Invercauld Estate on Sept. 29, 2012.

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Great Britain's athlete shoes are shown to the media at the Team GB Preparation Camp in Loughborough, central England, July 16.

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Great Britain's badminton players Chris Adcock, left, and Imogen Bankier attend a suit fitting at the Team GB Preparation Camp in Loughborough, central England, July 16.

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A Great Britain female athlete's handbag is shown to the media at the Team GB Preparation Camp in Loughborough, central England, July 16.

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Signatures of Great Britain's athletes are shown to the media at the Team GB Preparation Camp in Loughborough, central England, July 16.

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A man walks through the infinity room at the Team GB Preparation Camp in Loughborough, central England, July 16.

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The official British Olympic team gentleman's suit in the fitting room at the Team GB training center and preparation camp at Loughborough University in Loughborough, , on July 16.

It is expected that every Team GB Member, 550 athletes, 450 support staff and 300 volunteers, will be kitted out for the Olympics at the preparation camp in Loughborough between June 18 and July 25 ahead of the Games which officially begin on July 27. 

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Britain's Zara Philips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, poses for a photograph in Holyrood Palace after her marriage to England rugby captain Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk, in Edinburgh, Scotland July 30.

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From left to right, Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Prince Andrew leave after the marriage of Britain's Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and England rugby captain Mike Tindall, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30.

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