PHOTOS: Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens
11:16 AM, Feb 7, 2012
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A sign points the way to Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England.(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Ian Dickens, great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, attends a wreath laying ceremony at Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
A visitor looks out from the window of Charles Dickens' birth place house on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. The bicentenary of the birth of the world famous novelist is being celebrated today. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
A sign marks the house of Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. The bicentenary of the birth of the world famous novelist is being celebrated today. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Dickens Fellowship members Tony Bower (L) stands for a photograph with other members Geoffrey Christopher (2-R) and Susan Healey (R) at Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Actress Gillian Anderson (R) shows a first edition of a Charles Dickens book with the author's annotations, to Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during a tour of the Dickens Museum on February 7, 2012 in London, England. (Andrew Winning - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrive at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London, England. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Sir Cameron Mackintosh arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Guests arrive at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London, England. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
A sign denotes the entrance to Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Stephen Frears arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London, England. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens on February 7, 2012 in London (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Pickwick Bicycle club member Rod Safe stands near Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Dickens Fellowship member Tony Bower (L) stands with Ian Dickens (2-L), great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, for a photograph with other members Geoffrey Christopher (2R) and Susan Healey (R) at Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Ian Dickens (L), great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, stands outside Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, 2012 in Portsmouth, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens is being celebrated throughout the UK. He was born on Feb. 7 in Portsmouth, England.