Prince Philip

"It was a frightfully good wheeze": Duke of Edinburgh discusses involvement in World War II

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12th June 2014
<![CDATA[For the first time, during an interview with BBC Radio 4, the Duke of Edinburgh has publicly revealed accounts of his personal experiences and involvement in a number of conflicts of the Second World War. Throughout the interview, which was part of the Britain At Sea series which is currently being played every afternoon on Radio 4, Prince Philip was notably calm and enthusiastic…
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Palaces & BuildingsPrince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s renovation of Anmer Hall

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20th May 2014
<![CDATA[It has been reported that Anmer Hall, the country residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has had an estimated renovation of £1.5 million. The Hall is a two hundred-year-old Grade II listed home and is part of The Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Renovation work supposedly began on the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough…
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Features

Review of episode two of The First Georgians: The German Kings who made Britain

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10th May 2014
<![CDATA[Following on from last week’s episode, which focused on the issues that the new Georgian dynasty faced with the ascendance of George I, in the second episode Dr Lucy Worsley continued with her investigation into the lives of the Hanovarian Kings and focused on George II and Queen Caroline, whom she calls her “favourite Queen”. Dr Lucy Worsley with a portrait of Queen…
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Features

Preview of final episode of 'The Plantagenets'

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30th March 2014
<![CDATA[In the final episode of The Plantagenets, Professor Robert Bartlett reveals the events that led to the downfall of England’s longest ruling dynasty in the fifteenth century. The Death of Kings sees Professor Bartlett discuss the bloodiest decades of the…
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Preview of episode two of 'The Plantagenets'

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22nd March 2014
<![CDATA[After the dramatic events of last week’s episode, Professor Robert Bartlett continues his investigation into England’s longest ruling dynasty in the second installment of this BBC Two series, The Plantagenets. Professor Bartlett discovers how the later Plantagenet Kings strove to reclaim their lost lands and enlarge their influence over the British Isles through numerous…
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