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The princess accused of setting fire to her room in Buckingham Palace

A newly published book by royal biographer Tom Quinn has revealed that a member of The Royal Family received a reputation for being something of a firestarter. In his book, Mr Quinn goes behind palace doors to reveal some of the secrets of the servants and staff who worked in Buckingham Palace over the years. One of the revelations is that Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of…
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Princess Alice of Battenberg: a war-time hero

The late Duke of Edinburgh was an anchor of support for Queen Elizabeth II throughout her entire reign. Although many considered him an outsider when the couple married, he had his own royal pedigree. His mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg was born on 25 February at…
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Elizabeth II hosts her first State Visit as Queen

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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Prince Charles secretly visited grandmother’s grave after Peres funeral

The Prince of Wales secretly visited his grandmother’s grave at a convent in Jerusalem on Friday, after attending the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres. A number of images surfaced online which show Prince Charles making the visit to the Mount of Olives’s Church of Mary Magdalene where his paternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is buried. The images, now…
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