ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

November 20

■ by JAMES MOORE

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1 year ago…

Priti “bullying” row

Boris Johnson’s adviser Sir Alex Allan resigns after the PM backs Home Secretary Priti Patel over a bullying inquiry.

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The Duke of York, left, says he is stepping back from royal duties due to the continuing controversy around the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

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21 years ago… TV millionaire milestone

Judith Keppel becomes the first contestant to win £1million on TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The final episode of sitcom One Foot In The Grave is shown the same evening.

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29 years ago… Windsor Castle blaze

A spotlight sets light to a curtain at the Queen’s home, causing a fire that leaves scores of rooms ruined and results in a multi-million pound repair bill.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, speaks to Martin Bashir on BBC’S Panorama about her separation from the Prince of Wales.

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46 years ago… Franco dies

Spain’s dictator Francisco Franco dies aged 82, having seized power in 1936 and then won the civil war.

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70 years ago…new national park

Snowdonia in north

Wales is designated as a national park, the

UK’S third.

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74 years ago… Princess Elizabeth weds

The future Queen Elizabeth II marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey, above.

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76 years ago… Nuremberg Trials begin

Twenty leading Nazis, including Herman Goerring, below left, charged with war crimes during World War Two, go on trial.

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At the Battle of Cambrai in France, British forces use combat tanks in large numbers for the first time during World War One.

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262 years ago… Invasion averted

During the Seven Years’ War at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, a British fleet under Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French force, preventing an invasion of England.

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Later nicknamed “Longshanks” and the “Hammer of the Scots”, he takes the throne after the death of his father, Henry III.

2 years ago… Prince Andrew quits 26 years ago… Diana interview 104 years ago… Tanks debut 749 years ago… Edward I becomes king