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New Findings about Richard III - Remains Reexamined

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3rd July 2014
<![CDATA[Although Shakespeare credited King Richard III with being a hunchback —and thus identified him with an evil creature who could murder his two nephews to gain the throne—new studies are calling this a mistake. Being one of Duchess Cecily Neville’s three sons to live into adulthood, Richard was given the title Duke of Gloucester before he took to the throne after the death of…
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HistoryInsightInterviews

Lucy Worsley's 'Tales from the Royal Wardrobe,' an interview with Royal Central

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2nd July 2014
<![CDATA[Dr Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, English historian, author and TV presenter. Dr Worsley and I recently discussed her upcoming series: 'Tales From the Royal Wardrobe' which will air on BBC Four 7 July, 9pm. Firstly, thank you for once again allowing me the pleasure to discuss another one of your programmes with Royal Central. My pleasure – I’m…
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Palaces & Buildings

Preview of episode three of Majesty and Mortar: Britain’s Great Palaces

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1st July 2014
<![CDATA[In the last episode of this series, historian Dan Cruickshank takes viewers through the developments that occurred to a number of Britain’s royal palaces during the nineteenth century and twentieth century. With the widowhood of Queen Victoria, the break out of the First World War and the difficult interwar period, Britain’s palaces faced numerous threats of damage and…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince George's lullaby set to take classical chart by storm

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30th June 2014
<![CDATA[Who would have thought that a lullaby could ever top the classical charts? That is exactly what may happen when music giant Sony release a charity album of Royal themed music, with the uniquely composed Lullaby for Prince George as the title track. Sony Classical expects that Prince George fever will take the album to the top of the charts with 100,000 copies estimated in sales. If…
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