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Actor Mark Hamill who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars paints graffiti on a wall during a visit to London circa 1979
Earl Louis Mountbatten, Great Uncle of Prince Charles, who was especially close and confided in him. Here they are in conversation about their common passion for polo.
JANUARY 31ST : On this day in 1979 industrial chaos continued due to workers striking over pay. MOUNTAIN'S OF RUBBISH DUMPED IN LEICESTER SQAURE, LONDON. THE RUBBISH HAS BEEN UNCOLLECTED BECAUSE OF A STRIKE BY CITY OF WESTMINSTER DUSTMAN IN SUPPORT OF A PAY CLAIM * 28/02/02 Pay talks involving 1.2 million council workers broke down today, bringing the threat of the first national strike since the Winter of Discontent 23 years ago. Union leaders rejected a 3% pay offer and warned of a ballot for industrial action among local authority employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Workers will be urged not to accept the offer and to agree to a strike ballot, likely to be held in late April.
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CP2STO49323 | 1979-01 
Queen Elizabeth II with Sheikh Ahmed bin Isa Al-Khalifa at the races in Bahrain. The Emir is strictly anti-betting and has his own way of discouraging punters - he changes the numbers on all the horses just before the start of the race. But when the Queen visited no changes were made.
Johnny Rotten - real name John Lydon - in London for the continuation of the court case against Malcolm McLaren's management company Glitterbest.
Vehicles, some of them displayed for sale, were among those battered after massive seas swept over Chesil Beach, Portland Island, Dorset.
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CP2STO49320 | 1979-02 
Robert Redford with a horse during the filming of 'The Electric Horseman', directed by Sydney Pollack on March 1, 1979 in Utah, USA.
Robert Redford rides a horse during the filming of 'The Electric Horseman', directed by Sydney Pollack on March 1, 1979 in Utah, USA.
Actor Angharad Rees at Heathrow Airport, where she left for New York to appear on a chat show to promote her television series, Poldark.
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CP2STO49319 | 1979-03 
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with her husband Denis, at St Mary's Church, Longworth, when they attended the funeral of Mr Airey Neave, the Conservative Party Leader's friend and political advisor. Mr Neave, opposition spokesman on Northern Ireland, died when a terrorist bomb blasted his car in the Commons.
Actress Barbara Windsor joins heavyweights at Woking when Thames Television began the search for Britains Strongest Man. Barbara will co-present the series, featuring eight of Britains mammoths of muscle, including shot putter Geoff Capes (nearest camera).
PREMIUM -- PA file photo from 1975 of Idi Amin, the ruthless former dictator of Uganda and one-time darling of the British army, who died Saturday August 16, 2003. Amin, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen in the 70s, had been on a life-support machine since July 18. Amin was 80, Ugandan officials said, although other sources had him born in 1925. See PA story DEATH Amin. PA Photo.
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CP2STO49316 | 1979-04 
Queen Margrethe of Denmark with her husband, Prince Henrik and sons Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, right.
Queen Elizabeth II (in pink) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (right) with Queen Margrethe of Denmark and her husband Prince Henrik at Fredensborg Palace during the British Royal couple's state visit
Queen Elizabeth II touring the new £50 million Brighton Marina, which she officially opened. Crowds packed the streets of Brighton to welcome the Queen on her first official visit to the town in 16 years.
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CP2STO49315 | 1979-05 
BBC TV newsreaders past and present at BBC TV Centre in London celebrate 25 years of BBC TV News. They are, standing from left, Peter Woods, John Snagge, Corbet Woodall, Bob Langley, Colin Doran, Kenneth Kendall, John Timpson and Robert Dougall with, seated from left, Angela Rippon, Richard Whitmore and Richard Baker. Richard Baker will read the 25th Anniversary News at 9pm on July 5 - exactly 25 years after he read the first TV news bulletin.
A Spirfire on display at RAF Bentley Priory as flames engulfed the the 18th century building, home of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain
FILE PHOTO DATED 19/06/79 of reclusive property tycoon Harry J. Hyams, who was the victim of a huge art theft. More than £20 million worth of art and antiques were stolen in the raid.
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CP2STO49312 | 1979-06 
Queen Elizabeth II talking to guests at a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth II moves among her garden party guests on the crowded lawns of Buckingham Palace.
PREMIUM -- PA NEWS PHOTO 27/7/79 PRINCE CHARLES TAKING PART IN A CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING CONTEST DURING A VISIT TO THE COUNTRY LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION GAME FAIR AT BOWOOD, HOME OF THE EARL OF SHELBURNE, NEAR CALNE, WILTSHIRE.
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CP2STO49310 | 1979-07 
Prince Philip and Prince Charles in mourning at Eastleigh Airport as they met the plane carrying the coffins of Lord Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas Knatchbull and the Dowager Lady Brabourne. They were killed after a terrorist bomb blow apart the Earl's boat off the County Sligo coast.
The coffin containing the body of Lord Mountbatten is carried by RAF pallbearers at Eastleigh Airport.
Barry Sheene in action in the 500cc race
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CP2STO49308 | 1979-08 
A ROYAL FAMILY GROUP PHOTOGRAPH. LEFT TO RIGHT: PRINCE EDWARD, CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES, PRINCESS ANNE, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND PRINCE ANDREW.
PREMIUM -- Pope John Paul II addressing the hundreds of thousands of people who attended a Youth Mass at Galway's Ballybrit racecourse.
PREMIUM -- 19yr old Prince Andrew arrives at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, to join the Navy on a two year training course. With him on the Upper Bridge is the College Commander, Captain Nicholas Hunt.
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CP2STO49305 | 1979-09 
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaves Downing Street for Northolt Airport with her Special Branch bodyguard Bob Kingston.
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees pop group, his wife Molly and children, five year old Melissa, and seven year old Spencer, at London's Heathrow Airport prior to flying on Concorde to the United States.
International singing star Shirley bassey in London for the start of her British tour which begins in Manchester.
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CP2STO49304 | 1979-10 
Brightening up street lamps in the Rue du Chateau, Cherbourg, are these amusing faces, an official permanent feature of a shopping area
Prince Charles, who celebrates his 31st birthday today, meets singer Shirley Bassey after her performance at a gala charity concert at Wembley Conference Centre.
Madame Tien Suharto, wife of the Indonesian President General Suharto, with the Duke of Edinburgh at Victoria Station at the start of their State visit to the UK.
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CP2STO49301 | 1979-11 
The Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman striking a mounted bell in the Norman Undercroft at Westminster Abbey to officially open the second of the present series of 'miniature' exhibitions being held there.
Former Rhodesian premier Bishop Abel Muzorewa (L) and Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington during the signing of the Rhodesia ceasefire agreement for the Patriotic Front at Lancaster House in London.
PREMIUM -- The Queen Mother in her robes as University chancellor, at the University of London when she attended the Foundation day dinner and conferred honarary degrees. Carrying her train is Mr Henry Beaumont. * 30/3/02: The Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep at Royal Lodge, Windsor, Buckingham Palace announced.
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CP2STO49299 | 1979-12 
Queen Elizabeth II feeds a carrot to a horse, watched by trainer Paul Nicholls, during a visit to Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat, Somerset on March 28, 2019.
King Charles III (centre) arrives for a Sunday church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk. Picture date: Sunday January 5, 2025.
Vanessa Hudgens, Austin Butler attends the "2015 Dance Industry Awards" held at Avalon
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