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Knighthoods reinstated in Australia

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25th March 2014
<![CDATA[ The Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott, announced earlier today that The Queen has amended letters patent constituting the Order of Australia. This means that Her Majesty can now award, on recommendation from the Australian Prime Minister, the title of Knight or Dame of the Order of Australia. Four titles per year can be awarded, and two for the year 2014 have already been…
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Preview of episode two of 'The Plantagenets'

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22nd March 2014
<![CDATA[After the dramatic events of last week’s episode, Professor Robert Bartlett continues his investigation into England’s longest ruling dynasty in the second installment of this BBC Two series, The Plantagenets. Professor Bartlett discovers how the later…
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Prince William to join Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Greys statue unveiling

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21st March 2014
<![CDATA[A statue of a pair of The Queen’s Windsor Greys horses installed on the roundabout, at the Albert & Kings road junction adjoining the Long Walk at Windsor Castle will be unveiled by Her Majesty, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke of Cambridge on 31st March. Led by Rosemary Ussher, a group of Windsor residents raised £200,000 to fund the construction and installation a statue of…
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History

97 years since the fall of Imperial Russia

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20th March 2014
<![CDATA[ For 634 years, some form of monarchy had been in operation in Russia, first as the Principality of Moscow, then as the Tsardom of Russia, and more recently, the Russian Empire with some of the most high profile monarchs to ever reign in Europe from Ivan the…
History

Fussy eaters: George V and Mary's notes to staff to go up for auction

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18th March 2014
<![CDATA[Recently, notes sent from King George V and Queen Mary to their staff were uncovered in an archive. The archive compiled of around sixty notes and scraps of paper, detailing service life in the Royal Household at the turn of the 20th century. A servant was sent the notes from the Royal couple, which complained about the food they received, and their dietary preferences. George V was…
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Commonwealth eases ban on Fiji

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18th March 2014
<![CDATA[The Fijian flag that still includes the Union Jack is once again flying at the Commonwealth Secretariat gardens in London following an announcement from the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group which decided to ease but not lift the current ban on Fiji's…
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Preview of episode one of ‘The Plantagenets’

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16th March 2014
<![CDATA[ In this new BBC Two three-part documentary series, Professor Robert Bartlett reveals the dramatic stories behind England’s longest ruling dynasty, the Plantagenets. In the first episode, The Devil’s Brood, Professor Bartlett begins his investigation into this complex dynasty by looking at the reign of the peripatetic King, Henry II. Henry inherited his lands on the Continent from…
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