Charles Dickens 200th birthday

Pickwick Bicycle club members stand near <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001400" title="Charles Dickens" href="/topic/entertainment/charles-dickens-PECLB001400.topic">Charles Dickens</a>' birthplace in Portsmouth, England. The bicentenary of the birth of the world famous novelist is being celebrated today. As well as events in Portsmouth, a special service is being held at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLWOR0000010" title="Westminster Abbey" href="/topic/religion-belief/christianity/anglicanism/westminster-abbey-PLWOR0000010.topic">Westminster Abbey</a>, where Dickens is buried, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100203060000" title="Cornwall" href="/topic/us/connecticut/litchfield-county/cornwall-PLGEO100100203060000.topic">Cornwall</a>.

( Getty Images / February 7, 2012 )

Pickwick Bicycle club members stand near Charles Dickens' birthplace in Portsmouth, England. The bicentenary of the birth of the world famous novelist is being celebrated today. As well as events in Portsmouth, a special service is being held at Westminster Abbey, where Dickens is buried, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

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