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Queen Elizabeth II was ready with a quickfire answer when a top comedian tried a new joke on her

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30th January 2026
Queen Elizabeth II was known for her dry sense of humour and one of the biggest comedians of the last 50 years found himself at the receiving end of one of her one liners when he tried a new joke out on her. Jimmy Tarbuck, who was once one of the most high profile stars on TV, has been speaking about his admiration for the Royal Family with the Daily Telegraph. And he told the paper about his…
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Echoes of Elizabeth II as King Charles speaks candidly to a nation once again seeking reassurance

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12th December 2025
King Charles III’s televised message on his cancer treatment has drawn inevitable comparison with one of the most memorable broadcasts of his late mother’s reign – Queen Elizabeth II’s address to the nation at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020. Where the late Queen spoke to a country grappling with lockdowns and public anxiety, the King has chosen to speak from…
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Queen Elizabeth II's first Christmas speech is still poignant and powerful, over 70 years later

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1st December 2025
Queen Elizabeth II made more Christmas broadcasts than any other Monarch but her first was one of the most poignant addresses of her life and reign. The late Queen first spoke to country and Commonwealth on December 25 1952, just ten months after the start of her reign. It was a hard task for Elizabeth who a year earlier had heard her father, King George VI, make the same speech. His unexpected…
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The secrets of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding day that history nearly forgot

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20th November 2025
When Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, the country paused to witness a moment of hope and pageantry in an otherwise austere post-war Britain. The ceremony, held at 11:30 am, drew huge public attention, and the fascination did not end when the newlyweds departed the Abbey. More than 2,500 wedding gifts were placed on display at St…
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