State & Ceremonial

Dame Emma Thompson, Sir Kenny Dalglish and Tom Hardy CBE - The Queen's Birthday Honours revealed

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8th June 2018
Actress Emma Thompson, former footballer Kenny Dalglish and actor Tom Hardy are among the high-profile names who have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Emma Thompson is being bestowed a Damehood for services to drama, and former footballer and manager Kenny Dalglish receives a Knighthood for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. Also…
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The Queen & Camilla carry out joint engagement to celebrate Medical Detection Dogs

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6th June 2018
Her Majesty The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall attended the 10th-anniversary celebrations of Camilla’s patronage, Medical Detection Dogs, at the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace this morning. The 92-year-old Queen and 70-year-old Duchess watched a demonstration by the charity’s bio-detection dogs to showcase their ability to detect the odour of human disease. Medical Detection Dogs…
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The Queen's workload so far this year is up more than 25% from 2017

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4th June 2018
The Queen’s workload has increased by more than 25 per cent compared to the year 2017. Research conducted by royal journalist Patricia Treble of Write Royalty shows that Her Majesty has conducted more than 125 engagements so far in 2018 – a huge increase on the previous year. This could be down to a variety of factors, not least because of a bout of ill health the monarch suffered in…
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65 facts about Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation at Westminster Abbey

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2nd June 2018
The date for The Queen’s coronation, Tuesday 2nd June 1953, was chosen on the advice of meteorologists who said that this date was statistically the most likely to have the best weather. Needless to say, in true British style, it rained. For the first time in history, the ancient ceremony of the coronation was broadcast on television in front of millions of people who bought a television for…
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