Today, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall attended a ceremony at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the bicentenary of the British novelist's birth. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales laid a wreath at Dickens' grave at the Poets' Corner. Dickens' many well-known works reflected Victoria era Britain and focused on social injustices and the plight of the British working class. Actor Ralph Fiennes read an extract from Bleak House (1852-1853):
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