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Interview: New portrait of The Duchess of Cambridge gets Royal seal of approval

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1st June 2014
<![CDATA[Whilst in Scotland on Thursday, The Earl and Countess of Strathearn were shown a portrait of Catherine from a local artist, Tom Sutton-Smith; I have been fortunate enough to talk with Glenys Andrews, who presented the portrait to the Royal couple as Mr Sutton-Smith was in Paris, as well as the artist himself. “The event organisers asked Perthshire Open Studios to curate an art…
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Duchess of Cambridge to visit WWII's Bletchley Park

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30th May 2014
<![CDATA[ On 18th June The Duchess of Cambridge will visit the WWII-famous Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park, located in Milton Keynes, played such a key role in WWII, that it is thought the work that took place there shortened the war by two years. Catherine will be there to commemorate its reopening after a year’s worth of restoration. Opened in 1992 by Bletchley Park Trust to preserve…
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Her Majesty's prime ministers

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22nd May 2014
<![CDATA[In the second of this blog series, we will be taking a look at Queen Elizabeth II's second prime minister. He was prime minister from 6th April 1955 until 10th January 1957, and his name was Anthony Eden. Robert Anthony Eden was born on 12th June 1897 at…
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Prince Philip undergoes minor surgery on hand

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21st May 2014
<![CDATA[The Duke of Edinburgh has undergone minor surgery on his right hand at Buckingham Palace yesterday, officials say. The news was announced as the Duke emerged for the first garden party of the year at the Palace this afternoon with a bandaged right hand, which officials say is for ‘protection’ of the Duke’s hand. Despite the surgery, the palace says the Duke of…
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s renovation of Anmer Hall

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20th May 2014
<![CDATA[It has been reported that Anmer Hall, the country residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has had an estimated renovation of £1.5 million. The Hall is a two hundred-year-old Grade II listed home and is part of The Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Renovation work supposedly began on the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough…
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