British Royals

Royal Expert warns that 'the barn door cannot now be closed' after banned 1969 documentary resurfaces after 50 years

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28th January 2021
A royal expert has warned that there is no going back for The Royal Family now the infamous banned 1969 documentary has been published on the internet. Historian Marlene Koenig of Royal Musings says that the film is entirely inoffensive and innocuous, and she sees no reason for the National Archives not to remaster the footage and legitimately rerelease the programme. Mrs Koenig said: “I…
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Shock after 1969 documentary 'Royal Family' reappears - 52 years after The Queen banned the film from the public

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27th January 2021
The 1969 documentary ‘Royal Family’ which was deemed to be so intrusive The Queen banned it from public consumption, has miraculously reappeared 52 years after broadcast. The full 90 minute documentary was uploaded to a YouTube account and was swiftly removed, but not before hundreds of royal fans watched the programme. For over 50 years, the documentary has been locked away at Her…
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The Queen and horse racing - an extraordinary success story of 530 winners and £7.5m in prize money

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18th January 2021
Horses have played a huge part of The Queen’s life for the past nine decades with Her Majesty receiving her first riding lesson at just the age of three. Since then, the monarch’s adoration of horses has only continued to grow. The 94-year-old now holds the accolade of being one of the most successful owners and breeders of all time with an impressive 531 wins next to her name according to…
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Sadness for The Queen as her cousin, Lady Mary Colman, dies aged 88

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4th January 2021
The Queen’s first cousin, Lady Mary Colman, has died at her Norfolk home at the age of 88. Lady Mary, who was also a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra, died on Saturday, January 2. Born in January 1932 to Captain Michael Bowes Lyon and Elizabeth Margaret Cator, Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon was born and grew up in Bedfordshire. In 1951, at the age of 19, she married Sir Timothy…
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