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Queen set to lead Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle

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10th June 2014
<![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen will be joined by members of the Royal Family next week as she leads the traditional Order of the Garter procession and service in Windsor Castle. The Queen will invest new knights and ladies of the Garter in the Garter Throne Rooms inside the Castle, this year there are two new members to be invested. The event, which will take place in mid-afternoon on Monday…
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Features

William and Kate appoint their first Equerry

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8th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have appointed their first equerry to their household earlier this year, The Courtier has discovered, another sign of an increasing yet inevitable focus on royal duties for the couple. Captain Florian Graham-Watson, an…
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Prince Charles reveals fears over Prince Philip driving to D-Day veterans

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7th June 2014
<![CDATA[Yesterday, Prince Charles met many veterans while walking around Bayeux War Cemetery. However, one veteran in particular, Ivor Thomas, made the Prince reveal a few concerns of his own. Mr Thomas’s son, Philip, who was accompanying his father to Normandy, told Prince Charles that his father still insists on driving his 1985 Ford Sierra. To this, the Prince replied: “So does…
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Queen and royals commemorate D-Day on Sword Beach

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6th June 2014
<![CDATA[Her Majesty along with The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings at Sword Beach. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were greeted on arrival by President Hollande. Prince Charles and Camilla arrive. Queen is just 5 minutes away now. #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/gzcLqePz9d —…
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Sweden

A christening for Sweden's Princess Leonore

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6th June 2014
<![CDATA[Princess Madeleine of Sweden, 31, and her husband, Christopher O'Neill, a New-York-based financier, arrived in Stockholm early Tuesday in anticipation of their daughter Leonore's christening on 8 June. The cherub-cheeked three-month-old, who is fifth in line to the throne, will be christened by Anders Wejryd, Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden, which…
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