State & Ceremonial

Ticket ballot for Trooping the Colour opens

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1st January 2017
The annual ballot for tickets to attend The Queen’s Birthday Parade has officially opened. Trooping the Colour will this year take place on Saturday 17th June 2017. If you would like to attend this year’s event, you will need to write to the Brigade Major before the balloting closes on February 28th. Once you have written to the Brigade Major, you will be allocated a place in the ballot…
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State & Ceremonial

Arise Sir Andy Murray, Sir Mo Farah & Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill! New Year Honours in full

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30th December 2016
Team GB Olympians Andy Murray, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill are among those being honoured in the 2017 New Year Honours list, which also recognises the achievements of other well-known faces, including Ken Dodd and Patricia Routledge. Andy Murray and Mo Farah will each be knighted in the New Year, alongside Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katherine Grainger who will become dames. Others receiving awards…
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Royal events to look forward to in 2017

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30th December 2016
1. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s 70th wedding anniversary Of all the events to happen in 2017, this is probably the most anticipated. On November 20th 2017, The 91-year-old Queen and 96-year-old Duke of Edinburgh will celebrate a milestone 70 years of…
Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen falls victim to internet death hoax

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29th December 2016
The Queen has fallen victim to an internet death hoax – the second time this year. A fake Twitter account, set up in the style of BBC News, posted the message: “BREAKING: Buckingham Palace announces the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 90. Circumstances are unknown. More to follow.” Twitter users, believing the account to be genuine, then shared the tweet exposing it to…
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Remembering those who died in 2016

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28th December 2016
Many friends and relatives of the Royal Family have died this year, as well as royals from across Europe and the world. Here we remember some of those who passed away in 2016. The Duke of Westminster In August, Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, The Duke of…
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Prince Harry was the most travelled royal in 2016, clocking up 61,800 airmiles

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28th December 2016
Prince Harry travelled approximately 61,800 miles in 2016 whilst undertaking official overseas engagements, according to analysis conducted by the Press Association. The Prince, who undertook a two-week tour of the Caribbean this year, finished the year travelling 400 more miles than his uncle, the Earl of Wessex, who was the second most travelled royal. Countries where Prince Harry visited in…
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