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A feature from the British Sunday newspaper, The News Of The World, on the life of the Chevalier d'Éon, a French diplomat, spy and soldier, who had androgynous physical characteristics and lived as both a man and as a woman. The feature, published on 16th April 1916, is entitled 'Was The Chevalier d'Éon Man Or Woman?' and is the sixth in a series named 'Drama Of Royal Courts. Romantic Secrets In The History Of Famous Houses'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)