Prince Philip

New lifeboat named in honour of Prince Philip takes to the water for the first time

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11th July 2022
A new lifeboat named in honour of the late Prince Philip has taken to the water for the first time. The Shannon-class 13-46 Duke of Edinburgh was launched last week from the All-Weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole and will undergo extensive testing and trials before it officially joins the fleet of lifeboats with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at the Wells Lifeboat Station this…
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Milestones of a Monarch: A controversial state visit to Yugoslavia

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11th May 2022
In October 1972, nearly a little over 20 years into her record-breaking reign, The Queen made history as she made her first state visit to a communist country, Yugoslavia. Dictator Marshal Josip Broz Tito personally asked Her Majesty to come in honour of his 80th birthday. During the visit, she was accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their daughter, then-22-year-old Princess…
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Elizabeth II hosts her first State Visit as Queen

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2nd May 2022
Throughout The Queen’s seventy year reign she has hosted dozens of world leaders on State Visits. And it all began with a meeting with friends in 1954. In June that year, Her Majesty welcomed King Gustaf VI Adolf and Queen Louise of Sweden as they made the first…
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The special link with his mother hidden in Prince Philip's final portrait

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9th April 2022
The smile is familiar, as is the stance. In what would prove to be his final portrait, Prince Philip is caught for eternity staring at his viewer as he prepares to walk one of the many corridors of Windsor Castle, seat of the royal dynasty which became his life. And at the end of that path he is about to walk is the Tapestry Room where his mother was born. Philip was going home. That poignant…
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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen's historic visit to West Germany

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7th April 2022
While she has made countless milestones and memories over her 70-year reign, Royal Central is taking a look back at Her Majesty’s historic 1965 visit to West Germany in honour of the Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh paid a state visit as the climax of a political reconciliation that had been pushed hard by both the British and German…
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