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Theresa May set to go to war with The Queen after the Prime Minister scraps seven royal charters

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13th November 2016
Theresa May is set to have her first major dispute with Her Majesty The Queen as the British Prime Minister plans to scrap seven royal charters. Embed from Getty Images Mrs May is planning to axe royal charters from the UK’s research councils which generates £3billion per year into university laboratory funding, which helps discover some major scientific breakthroughs. A royal charter is…
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Queen attends her 71st Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph with her family

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13th November 2016
The Queen has led tributes to the British and Commonwealth war dead this weekend at the Remembrance Sunday service in central London. Thousands of people gathered at the Cenotaph for a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock to honour those killed in wars and conflicts past and…
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Royal Family to attend annual Festival of Remembrance tonight

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12th November 2016
The Queen will be joined by members of her family tonight for the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall to honour the war dead. The service, which takes place every year, remembers those who have died in conflicts past and present. This year’s festival is particularly poignant because 2016 marks the centenaries of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland, the 25th…
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Prince Philip: "I haven't had flu in 40 years"

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9th November 2016
The Duke of Edinburgh spoke briefly about his health on Wednesday morning as he officially opened the Francis Crick Institute  – alongside Her Majesty The Queen. When touring the new £650 million biomedical research centre, the 95-year-old Duke said that he hadn’t suffered from the flu in over 40 years. The Duke made the revelation after speaking to flu immunity to expert Dr Yi Pu…
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Queen to lay remembrance wreath which weighs less due to advancing age

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2nd November 2016
The Queen will be laying a lighter wreath at the Cenotaph this year during the Remembrance commemorations due to her advancing age. The 90-year-old monarch will lay a wreath that weighs less for the first time in the over 60 years she has been Queen. The specially designed wreath is made from hardboard, broom and crepe paper, and weighs around 12lb. Speaking to The Daily Mail, a source said…
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