Palaces & Buildings

The Queen cancels all garden parties in 2021 due to the escalating public health crisis

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5th January 2021
The Queen has been forced to cancel all garden parties, both in London and in Edinburgh, for the entirety of 2021. The announcement comes just a day after the United Kingdom entered a full-scale lockdown – the third of such in the space of ten months. The garden parties, which were due to be held at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, have been called due to the…
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Queen Elizabeth II

BREAKING: The Queen stays up late to grant Royal Assent to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

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31st December 2020
The Queen has granted Royal Assent to Boris Johnson’s Brexit Deal. The Brexit legislation, which was finally agreed on Christmas Eve after many years of negotiating with the EU, was rushed through Parliament on Wednesday. A transition period between the UK and EU ends at 11pm on 31st December 2020, meaning if the legislation wasn’t passed, the country would have left the Union…
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The Yorks

A wedding, a pregnancy and an outcast: The York Family's Year in Review

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27th December 2020
A wedding, a pregnancy and an outcast. Although it might sound like the premise for a new film, they are in fact the words which accurately sum up the year 2020 for the York Family. For every citizen of the globe, the start of the new decade certainly hasn’t been straightforward due to the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps this was, however, a saving grace for the Duke of York, who didn’t have…
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FeaturesKing Charles III

Charles and Camilla celebrate Christmas with new festive photograph

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25th December 2020
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have released a new photograph to mark Christmas Day. The image was taken by a member of staff at Birkhall in Scotland and shows the future King and Queen holding giant canes. Photo Credit: Clarence House Prince Charles has a pair of binoculars around his neck, and Camilla is wrapped up warm in a coat and holds a comfortable looking…
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