Palaces & Buildings

More than 100,000 people sign petition demanding the Royal Family pay for Buckingham Palace repairs

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20th November 2016
Over 100,000 people have now signed an online petition demanding that the Royal Family pay for the Buckingham Palace restoration work, not the British taxpayer. The petition was created a couple of days ago after it was announced that Buckingham Palace was to undergo a ten-year restoration project that would cost £369 million. The funding for this project will come from the Sovereign’s…
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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh celebrate 69 years of marriage

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20th November 2016
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are today celebrating 69 years of marriage, making it just one year to go until their historic Platinum wedding anniversary. For the first time in many years, the 90-year-old monarch and her 95-year-old husband are having a rare day off from work to celebrate the occasion privately. The Queen first met her future husband Prince Philip when she was just 13 years old…
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Princess Anne programmes a robot to play 'rock, paper, scissors'

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17th November 2016
Princess Anne was part of a winning team who programmed a robot this week at the WISE Awards dinner. The Princess Royal is Royal Patron of WISE, a campaign which encourages women and girls to get involved in science, technology, engineering and maths. Princess Anne learning how to programme a robot – Photo Credit: WISE The Queen’s daughter coded a micro:bit to play the popular game…
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Meet the Queen's best friend, Margaret Rhodes

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14th November 2016
The Hon. Margaret Rhodes is The Queen’s first cousin, and longtime friend. Born just a few months apart from Her Majesty, Mrs Rhodes probably knows the monarch better than anybody else, and they still remain best of friends to this day. Embed from Getty Images Margaret is the youngest daughter of Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone – The Queen Mother’s…
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