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Prince William and Prince Harry meet on the football pitch

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27th December 2013
Trading their military attire in for the day, the Royal Princes were kitted up in their football gear for the Sandringham Christmas Day football match. The President of the Football Association versus the Antarctic trekker could have easily been the headline for the football match when The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry met on opposite sides of the pitch. The annual football match is played on…
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State & Ceremonial

Royal Family set to join Queen for Christmas at Sandringham

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23rd December 2013
Members of the Royal Family are set to join The Queen for Christmas at Sandringham House tomorrow, with all members expected to be in attendance this year. The Royal Family traditionally gather annually at Sandringham for Christmas. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh themselves left for Sandringham House on Thursday, setting off from Kings Cross Station in London and travelling by normal scheduled…
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Insight

Titles on Downton Abbey explained

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21st December 2013
Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of the most consistently popular TV shows produced in recent times. The show, which gives a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Set in the early 1900s, the show gives a…
History

Judith of Francia: Twice Queen of Wessex

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20th December 2013
Anglo-Saxon queens receive very little attention, with it commonly believed that there were no pre-Conquest queens in England. Such an assertion is patently untrue, as the lives of early queens, such as Elfrida, Emma of Normandy and Edith Godwin show. All three of these…
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William and Kate confirmed for New Zealand and Australia tour

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19th December 2013
Kensington Palace has confirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to tour New Zealand and Australia in April of next year, most likely accompanied by Prince George. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Canada together in 2011. The visit, which has been rumoured for several months, will be the first to New Zealand or Australia for the Duchess of Cambridge – who will one day be…
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A guide to the Order of the British Empire

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17th December 2013
Two times a year (at The Queen’s Official Birthday and on New Year’s Day), lists of those set to receive honours from The Queen are published by the Government. The most common order which those being honoured are admitted to is the Order of the British Empire…
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Maud Windsor is christened at St James’s Palace

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17th December 2013
Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor, daughter of Lord and Lady Fredrick Windsor, was christened this afternoon at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace. Maud was baptised in the same chapel as her third cousin once removed, HRH Prince George of Cambridge. Similarly, Lord and Lady Fredrick’s daughter was christened in the replica of the Victorian christening robe that was also worn by Prince…
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