The Sussexes

Medals for Invictus Games unveiled

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7th August 2014
<![CDATA[It's full steam ahead for the upcoming Invictus Games as the medals for the sporting extravaganza have recently been unveiled. The medals, which have been designed by Garrard, the oldest jewellery house in the world, will be handed out to the winners and runners up at the Invictus Games in September. It will not just be the medals that are being handed out though, every single…
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Top Ten Upcoming Royal History Books

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6th August 2014
<![CDATA[Before we know it the days will be getting shorter, the dark nights will be setting in earlier and our British ‘summer’ will be over for another year. With this in mind, I have gathered together a list of my top ten royal-related books which will keep you…
History

300th anniversary of the beginning of the House of Hanover

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6th August 2014
<![CDATA[The Stuart dynasty has ceased to exist and Queen Anne of Great Britain is dead. The year is 1714 and the reign of the House of Hanover is only just beginning… Almost instantly, the question of how this new, foreign dynasty came to rule Great Britain springs to mind. The Act of Settlement 1701 was passed in the instance that Queen Anne died without an heir. Even after baring many…
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Royal Family begin WW1 commemorations

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4th August 2014
<![CDATA[The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge formally arrived in Belgium this morning to be greeted by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at L'Abbaye Saint-Laurent to begin a series of events to commemorate the outbreak of WW1 in Belgium throughout the day, to be joined by Prince Harry later today. Arriving in the country yesterday with staff from RAF Northolt, the Cambridges first attended a…
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History

History Rewind: The Act of Union 1800 is passed

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1st August 2014
<![CDATA[In this country, you can barely walk anywhere at the moment without hearing the debate concerning whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom and become its own entity. It’s being discussed in pubs, and bars…(actually the only places I go to are pubs and bars so that’s where I hear the discussions). Aside from the obvious answer that we would cease to be a United Kingdom, I…
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