Insight

Top 10 bizarre traditions of the British Monarchy

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26th February 2014
<![CDATA[Tradition is key to both the Monarchy and the country it is present in. It offers continuity, spectacle and a chance for structured national reflection – it is also the source of some of the most fascinating facts and as you'll see in this article, Military Ravens The Tower of London is one of the most famous places in the United Kingdom. It is also home to some of the most…
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Insight

The Story of the Peerage: Into the Future

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23rd February 2014
<![CDATA[The peerage is and does not claim to be a modern institution. As the aristocracy which once dominated Parliament, gradually moves towards disestablishment from British politics, we will be waving goodbye to one of Britain's most illustrious and unique…
History

The Queen, Eighty Years a Subject

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20th February 2014
<![CDATA[ When a new portrait of the Queen is unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László, who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York to paint the first…
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Palace moves in to protect online name of Royals

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19th February 2014
<![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Buckingham Palace has taken the step of registering web addresses for members of the Royal Family this month, in what appears to be a bid to protect the online image of the family, The Courtier has discovered. The websites were registered by Buckingham Palace staff earlier this month. Over 30 new web addresses in the names of members of the Royal Family were registered…
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History

Anne of Cleves, A Flanders Mare: Part 3

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18th February 2014
<![CDATA[In July 1540 Anne of Cleves – the fourth wife of Henry VIII – went from being queen of England back to Anne, the Daughter of Cleves, with alarming speed. Life as an ex-queen of England was very nearly uncharted territory, but, for Anne, who was only twenty-five, her life stretched ahead of her. When Anne wrote to her brother, to inform him of the end of her marriage, she…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles joined by sons William and Harry as they attend conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

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13th February 2014
<![CDATA[The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, on Thursday afternoon. Prince Charles and Prince William arrived, with the surprise addition of Prince Harry, at the conference today hosted by the Foreign Office. This follows a reception yesterday evening held by Her Majesty's government, which William…
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