Edward was born at Hampton Court Palace on 12th October 1537 ... the 6th day of July in the evening at the 8th hour in the year of our Lord 1553 and in the 7th year of his reign and in the 16th year ...

The actor was a familiar face in the 1960s and early 1970s but became a household name when he starred in Edward The Seventh, a historical drama series, as the elder Edward VII, with his real-life ...