King Charles III

Celebrations at Sandringham as The King wins his first ever jumps race

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26th December 2022
The King was toasting a Boxing Day success at Sandringham on Monday after his horse, Steal A March, won a handicap hurdle race at Wincanton. The win was a significant one for His Majesty as it marks his first victory in a National Hunt race where the horses have to jump obstacles. Queen Elizabeth II owned and bred many hundreds of racehorses, with King Charles inheriting them after her death…
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King Charles III

The King enjoys early morning Christmas walk with Princess Margaret's children - the Earl of Snowdon and Lady Sarah Chatto

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25th December 2022
The King has been photographed enjoying an early morning Christmas Day walk with his cousins, the Earl of Snowdon and Lady Sarah Chatto. Before heading to St. Mary Magdalene Church, His Majesty decided to stretch his legs, walking around the Sandringham Estate. Princess Margaret’s two children joined him – their first time at Sandringham in a number of years due to recent…
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Princess Alexandra celebrates her 86th birthday

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25th December 2022
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, is celebrating her 86th birthday. The cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth, who was born on December 25 1936, is marking the occasion at home with her family. Despite now being in her mid-eighties, Her Royal Highness still…
Queen Elizabeth II

Sadness as Queen Elizabeth II's favourite stallion, Royal Applause, dies aged 29 at Sandringham

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24th December 2022
The Royal Family have arrived at the Sandringham Estate for Christmas. However, there are some sad scenes in the Norfolk countryside, as it has been announced that Royal Applause, a favourite stallion of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at the age of 29. Royal Applause had been living at the Royal Studs in Sandringham since his retirement from racing in 1997, and has sired dozens of top quality…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The smallest portrait of Queen Elizabeth II ever created sells at charity auction

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22nd December 2022
The smallest portrait ever created of Queen Elizabeth II has gone under the hammer at auction. Measuring just 20 millionths of a metre, the portrait is even less than the width of a human hair. Photo supplied by Fire Digital News The portrait was made by scientists at the Oxford Instruments Asylum Research in celebration of Her late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The image was…
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