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One of the best parts of the holidays is reflecting on the past year and looking forward to what is to come. The Royal Family has had an exciting 2017, with 2018 bringing about a new baby and a Royal wedding! Before we say goodbye to the past, let’s look at everything they have been up to these past 12 months. Part One can be viewed here and part two here.

4 September
The Queen and Prince Philip officially opening the Queensferry Crossing by driving the bridge
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14 September
Prince Charles at the Westmoreland County Show
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20 September
The Countess of Wessex supports sight saving charity ORBIS while in India
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25 September
Meghan Markle makes her first apperance with Prince Harry in Toronto at the Invictus Games
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29 September
Prince Harry is joined by Barack Obama and Joe Biden at Invictus 2017 in Toronto
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10 October
Prince William jokes around with guests at a Heads Together reception
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10 October
The Duchess of Cambridge makes her first appearance since the announcement of her third pregnancy
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16 October
The Duchess of Cambridge dances with Paddington
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17 October
The Duchess of Cornwall shares a laugh at a Clarence House recpetion
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24 October
The Queen at The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
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25 October
Prince Harry visits Copenhagen
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3 November
Prince Charles channels his inner Dr Who in Malaysia
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3 November
The Duchess of Cornwall rolls up her sleeves and feeds orphans in Malaysia
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6 November
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall ride a raft in Borneo
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12 November
Princes Charles, William and Harry lay wreaths for Remembrance Sunday. It was the first time The Queen only looked on and did not participate
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12 November
The Queen wipes away a tear as she watches the Remembrance Sunday ceremony
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16 November
The Queen tours the Allam Medical Building
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27 November
The announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement
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28 November
The Duchess of Cambridge on a visit to The Foundling Museum
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30 November
The Duke of Cambridge hands Santa Prince George’s Christmas wish list while on tour in Finland
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6 December
The Duke of Cambridge at a ‘Stepping Out’ at Media City as Peppa Pig watches in the background
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12 December
The Duchess of Cambridge hands out gifts at ‘Magic Mums’ Christmas party
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12 December
Princes William and Harry attend the premiere of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
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14 December
The Duchess of Cornwall meets perfomers during the Olympia Horse Show
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15 December
Prince Harry visits Sandhurst for The Sovereign’s Parade
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16 December
Prince Charles attends King Michael I of Romania’s funeral seated between Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and former Queen of Spain Sophia
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25 December
Meghan Markle joins the Royal Family at Sandringham for Christmas and is pictured, alongside the Duchess of Cambridge, curtsying to The Queen for the first
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25 December
The Queen leaves the church service Christmas morning
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