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Princess Beatrice holds bilateral meetings with international dignitaries in Paris

Princess Beatrice of York held a series of bilateral meetings in Paris on Friday as part of a series of events at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Her Royal Highness also gave a speech at the OECD to celebrate the launch of the Social Institutions and Gender Index Report 2019 (SIGI). The SIGI Report provides policy recommendations aimed to help governments deliver…
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Features

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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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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