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Canada, Bosnia, and Beyond: What Sophie’s 2025 Royal Tour Calendar Says About the Future of the Monarchy

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12th August 2025
While the royal spotlight often drifts toward palace drama or the headline-grabbing antics of its more outspoken members, a quiet revolution is underway within the House of Windsor – and its architect is not a king, a prince, or a future queen. It’s Sophie – the Duchess of Edinburgh. Her 2025 royal tour calendar reads less like a ceremonial to-do list and more like a foreign policy…
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British Royals

Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat that refused to be forgotten

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8th August 2025
Princess Beatrice of York turns 37 today, and while she has grown into her royal role with grace, discretion and a passion for causes ranging from dyslexia awareness to children’s welfare, there is one fashion moment from her past that still captures the public imagination more than a decade on. It was April 29, 2011 – the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As the bride stepped…
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Royal News

Duchess of Edinburgh to meet 105-year-old veteran in very special engagement

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7th August 2025
The Duchess of Edinburgh will pay a special visit to Jim Wren – a 105-year-old Royal Marines veteran – at his home in Salisbury next week ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Sophie, who is Patron of The Java Far East Prisoner of War Club 1942, will visit Mr Wren at his care home in Wiltshire. Mr Wren, who survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in 1941, was subsequently held as a…
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Queen Elizabeth’s closest confidante: The untold story of Margaret Rhodes - MI6 secretary and the late Queen’s best friend

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4th August 2025
Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most iconic public figures in modern history, instantly recognisable around the world. While much has been written about her father and paternal ancestors, less attention has been paid to her maternal family – the Bowes-Lyons. Yet, it was from this side of the family that The Queen’s closest confidante and lifelong best friend emerged: her cousin Margaret…
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