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How the Royal Family will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day

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2nd June 2014
<![CDATA[ Thursday, 5 June 2014 On Tuesday, 5 June, after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversarty of the Eurotunnel, Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh will embark on a State Visit to the French Republic. They will arrive at Paris Gare du Nord. They will be received by President François Hollande at the Arc de Triomphe and afterwards for meetings at The Elysée Palace.
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Duke of York to mark 300th anniversary of 'Personal Union'

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31st May 2014
<![CDATA[At a request by Her Majesty’s Government, the Duke of York will visit Germany on the 3rd and 4th June as part of the celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the ‘Personal Union’ between Britain and Hanover. This year, British Ambassador Simon McDonald will relocate the traditional Embassy Garden Party in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday…
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Richard III remains to be reburied in Leicester cathedral

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23rd May 2014
<![CDATA[ The remains of the last Plantagenet King, Richard III, will be reburied in Leicester cathedral, it has been revealed. Distant relatives of the King, who formed the Plantagenet Alliance, have lost their battle in the High Court over where the remains should be buried. Richard’s skeleton was discovered underneath a car park by excavation teams from University of Leicester in…
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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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New park trail dedicated by Prince Charles

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21st May 2014
<![CDATA[During his visit to Bonshaw Provincial Park on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales gave his royal dedication to a new system of pathway trails which span across the park. The new trail that Prince Charles visited is one of a series of pathways which have been created in order to connect Bonshaw Park and Strathgartney Park together. These pathways have been named the ‘Prince of…
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