History

Manuscript by Mary, Queen of Scots up for sale

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31st August 2014
<![CDATA[A very rare piece of history will take centre stage at an American auction on 18th September as a manuscript that was signed by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution is being put up for sale. The document in question relates to an estate in France where one of the country's biggest and bloodiest massacres took place. More than 60 Protestant worshippers were slayed in a barn in…
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The Yorks

Preview: CNBC Meets…The Duke of York

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27th August 2014
<![CDATA[CNBC presenter Tania Bryer recently got a rare chance to interview the Duke of York for the latest episode in the CNBC Meets series. The 30-minute interview with Prince Andrew will premiere this evening at 10pm. During the interview at Buckingham Palace, viewers…
History

History Rewind: Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA bomb

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27th August 2014
<![CDATA[On 27th August 1979 Her Majesty The Queen's cousin, Lord Mountbatten, was tragically killed by an IRA bomb blast whilst on his boat in Ireland. It wasn't just Mountbatten who perished in the boat; one of his twin grandson's, Nicholas, and a local boat boy, Paul Maxwell, also died as a result of the bomb explosion. Another passenger on the boat, the Dowager Lady…
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FeaturesHistoryOpinion

Georgie, Willy, Nicky - Three Monarchs, One World War

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23rd August 2014
<![CDATA[Everyone knows that one chap who is constantly sticking his nose into things that don’t concern him, badgers people about issues he knows nothing about or constantly insists that they know what is going on and everyone should listen to them. These people are all around us and, let’s face it, are incredibly annoying! Imagine how much more annoying that would be if that person was…
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Insight

Will Camilla actually be Princess Consort?

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22nd August 2014
<![CDATA[At the beginning of the year, I wrote a blogcalled ‘why Camilla must become our Queen‘. Since its publication, the article became the site’s single most discussed article,receiving over several hundred comments with varying views and…
History

Elizabeth I to visit Cambridge

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21st August 2014
<![CDATA[No, the title of this article is definitely not wrong. Queen Elizabeth I will be making an appearance in Cambridge. Of course it will not be the real 'Virgin Queen', as she died over 400 years ago, but nonetheless Cambridge will be graced with the presence of Queen Elizabeth. 'Gloriana', as she was once referred to, will return to the city on Saturday 13th September…
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