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Earl of Wessex takes Queen's Green Canopy to a place of royal history

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17th March 2022
While on a visit to Kenya in honour of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, the Earl of Wessex recognised the achievement of the Platinum Jubilee in perhaps one of the most historic places in royal history: Aberdare Open Fields, the treetops where The Queen received the news of her accession. The Earl planted a tree as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy Initiative. In honour…
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Royal Family Christmas Cards through the years

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23rd December 2021
Through the years, the Royal Family has often sent out holiday cards featuring new or rare photos of themselves and their families. Royal Central is taking a look at the tradition that dates back to the days of King George V and Queen Mary. 1914 King George V and Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandparents, sent this greeting to troops fighting in World War I. The card reads…
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The royal bride who refused to wear white for her wedding

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6th November 2021
It was a low key royal wedding, set against a backdrop of family illness and impending drama. But the marriage of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, on November 6th 1935, began a royal partnership that would become a bedrock for the House of Windsor as it faced some of its most challenging times. Prince Henry, third son of King George V and Queen Mary, had…
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Mary Boleyn: From royal mistress to spending the rest of her life in obscurity

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9th August 2021
Mary Boleyn, known as Lady Mary, was born circa 1499 in Blicking Hall, Norfolk. She was the sister of the English queen consort, Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed a considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Embed from Getty Images Mary was the daughter of a rich diplomat and courtier, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, by his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Howard, the…
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