Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend events commemorating World War I

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7th April 2014
<![CDATA[On Thursday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend two events during the day. The couple will participate in a wreath-laying and commemoration at The War Memorial at Seymour Square, Blenheim and a World War One Aviation Commemorative event at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre. The 16-metre-high clock tower in Seymour Square was completed in 1928, and is Marlborough’s…
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A Quick Review of the Six Wives of Henry the 8th by Alison Weir

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4th April 2014
<![CDATA[ The Queen, the Lover, the Mother, the Outcast, the Victim and the Survivor; the six wives of Henry the 8th. Historian and Tudor expert Alison Weir brings to life these six remarkable women in her book titled The Six Wives of Henry the 8th. The book is divided into three main chapters. In the first, the reader is introduced to the ‘Princess from Spain’,  Catherine of…
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History

History Rewind: Windsor gems sell for record price

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3rd April 2014
<![CDATA[ On 3 April 1987 the late Duchess of Windsor’s jewellery fetched £31m ($50m) at auction in Switzerland. The sum was six times the expected figure projected the collection would garner. It was said that 1,000 bidders and 300 members of the media packed into an enormous tent constructed by Sotheby’s next to Lake Geneva for the two-day auction. Across the pond in New York…
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Insight

Victoria Arbiter: Living at Kensington Palace

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2nd April 2014
<![CDATA[People often ask me what it was like living at Kensington Palace and, in the past, I’ve responded in a somewhat blasé fashion. However, the passage of time has given me the opportunity to appreciate what a truly unique experience it was. Much as the…
The Yorks

The Duke of York launches iDEA Digital Enterprise Award and says 'failure is good for children’

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1st April 2014
<![CDATA[The Duke of York has launched an initiative to encourage young people to start their own business with the Nominet Trust. The iDEA pilot scheme hopes to support 1,000 budding entrepreneurs by investing £150,000 into their ideas for business plans. The Digital Enterprise Award will enable young business men and women to build digital prototypes to test the viability of their business…
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