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21st Century Queen: How The Royal Family has embraced social media

It all started ten years ago in 2009 when the Royal Household created an official Twitter account. Now, a decade on, members of The Royal Family tweet, and The Queen Instagrams! The official Twitter account of The Royal Family was created on 28th April 2009 as an account to tweet royal engagements and news. At the time, The Queen was aware that the account was up and running, and a spokesperson…
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The EdinburghsThe Yorks

Why did Princess Anne attend Prince Charles's party, but Prince Andrew & Prince Edward didn't?

On Tuesday, senior members of The Royal Family gathered at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Prince Charles becoming Prince of Wales. In attendance was The Queen, the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke & Duchess of Sussex, the Princess Royal and of course the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. There were, however, three notable absences – the Duke of…
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State & Ceremonial

New law calling for women to inherit hereditary titles passes first stage in Parliament

A bill calling for the law to be changed so that women can inherit titles and hereditary peerages has passed its first stage in the House of Commons. Conservative MP Philip Davies introduced a Ten Minute Rule motion in the Commons on Tuesday which called on the law to change so that hereditary titles aren’t exclusively passed down to men. NEW: MPs have approved Philip Davies’s Ten Minute…
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Princess Anne and Family

The Busy Princess: Princess Anne clocks up an impressive 20,000 engagement

The Princess Royal has conducted more than 20,000 public engagements so far in her career, with there being no signs of her slowing down just yet. On Saturday, Princess Anne marked 50 years since she conducted her very first engagement on March 1st 1969 – St David’s Day. According to the MailOnline, Princess Anne’s first engagement was to hand out leeks to the Welsh Guards at Pirbright…
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