Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge share their 2020 Christmas card featuring their three children

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16th December 2020
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared their 2020 Christmas card which this year features their three children. The photograph was taken in the autumn by photographer Matt Porteous. On the card, both William and Catherine can be seen alongside Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Anmer Hall. Also revealing their Christmas card is the Prince of Wales and the Duchess…
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Queen Elizabeth II

When will The Queen have the vaccine against Covid-19?

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8th December 2020
History was made on Tuesday morning after 90-year-old grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials. The British government has ordered 40 million dosages of the vaccine, enough to inoculate 20 million people – with the most vulnerable in society first in line to receive the injection. The Queen and the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

William and Kate criticised for using ‘live animals as decorations’

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8th December 2020
Animal rights pressure group PETA has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the use of live reindeer during their royal train tour of the United Kingdom. At the second stop of their 1,200 mile tour of the country, Their Royal Highnesses were treated to the sight of three reindeer in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Kensington Palace arranged for Rent A Reindeer to bring three of their animals…
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The story of Lord Ivar Mountbatten - the Queen's cousin who is the first openly gay royal

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28th November 2020
In September 2016, Lord Ivar Mountbatten became the first member of the extended British Royal fam­ily to openly come out as gay. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday at the time of his disclosure, Lord Ivar said: “Being a Mountbatten was never the problem it was the generation into which I was born. When I was growing up, it was known as ‘the love that dare not speak its name’, but what’s…
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