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Dame Quentin Bryce retires as Governor-General of Australia

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26th March 2014
Dame Quentin left Government House with a full police escort bound for the Australian War Memorial. She arrived at the AWM with her husband, Michael, and both were greeted by Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the AWM. She went on to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in a mark of respect in her role as Commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Forces. The retiring Governor-General…
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Knighthoods reinstated in Australia

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25th March 2014
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…
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Preview of episode two of 'The Plantagenets'

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22nd March 2014
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 Plantagenet Kings strove to reclaim their lost lands and enlarge their influence over the British Isles through numerous battles, violence and bloodshed, after the loss of…
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History

97 years since the fall of Imperial Russia

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20th March 2014
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 Terrible to Catherine the Great. Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia, as a successful revolution forced him to abdicate. Nicholas II’s…
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Kings, Queens and Olympic dreams

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20th March 2014
Plenty of Europe’s royals have attempted to scale the heights at the Olympic Games But it doesn’t mean you’re going to end up on the podium either.  There have been just a handful of royal medallists in the history of the Games, but that hasn’t stopped the regal…
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Commonwealth eases ban on Fiji

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18th March 2014
Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth in 2009 after it refused to go ahead with elections that year. The Fijian government says the decision is recognition of the progress Fiji is making towards the introduction of its first genuine democracy with elections to be held later in the year, and they look forward to regaining full Commonwealth membership. When most people think of Fiji, they think…
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