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Last fall, the famously reclusive DiCaprio made a rare public appearance on Winslet's behalf to support Lee, her passion project biopic of the British WWII photographer Lee Miller.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
In less than an hour of fighting, the Jacobites were defeated and all attempts to restore the Stuarts to the British throne were vanquished.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew of the British royal family, appears in one of the photographs, alongside Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The singer also appeared on the big screen in 1988 in the British biographical drama Elizabeth, starring alongside Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes and Sir John Gielgud.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
In less than an hour of fighting, the Jacobites were defeated and all attempts to restore the Stuarts to the British throne were vanquished.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew of the British royal family, appears in one of the photographs, alongside Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The singer also appeared on the big screen in 1988 in the British biographical drama Elizabeth, starring alongside Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes and Sir John Gielgud.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
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“The British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20British. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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