Princess Anne and Family

Zara Phillips to feature on online equestrian game 'Howrse'

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7th January 2014
<![CDATA[Zara Phillips is well known for her professional horse riding though from this winter, the eldest granddaughter of The Queen will become the official endorser of online equestrian game Howrse as the Ubisoft game comes to celebrate 50 million players around the world this year. Her involvement in the game was announced today and it is the first time Zara, who is due to give birth to…
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Insight

Why does The Queen love Sandringham?

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6th January 2014
<![CDATA[It is at this time of the year that The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh stay at Sandringham, but why does The Queen likes it so much? The story of the royal connection begins in 1862. Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, was looking for a country home…
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How to get tickets to Trooping the Colour

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1st January 2014
<![CDATA[Happy New Year. For Royalists, the New Year doesn't just mark a change of calendar, it marks the start of the short window and long battle to get tickets to the annual Queen's Birthday Parade: Trooping The Colour. Tickets for Trooping The Colour are allocated via ballot and between now an February, applications must be sent should you wish to attend. Trooping The Colour is a…
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State & Ceremonial

Apprentice star Karren Brady among those up for New Year's Honours

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30th December 2013
The 2014 New Year’s Honours list, one of the two annual lists of those receiving honours from The Queen, has been announced today with notable recipients including singer Katherine Jenkins (OBE), Apprentice star Karren Brady (CBE), broadcaster Sandi Toksvig (OBE) and writer Antony Horowitz (OBE) among others. Businesswoman Karren Brady is among those up for a CBE in the New Year’s…
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History

William III - The Invader King

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28th December 2013
On this day in 1688, the Dutch Stateholder William III of Orange made a triumphant march into London ending the reign of King James II. In what history has since coined the “Glorious Revolution” William of Orange invaded England on the 5th of November 1688. It would however, take nearly two months of struggle for William to depose of King James and claim the throne for himself and his wife…
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