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66 years and counting: Happy Anniversary to Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh

Today is the 66th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Royal Central wishes the royal couple many happy returns of the day. Now married for 66 years, The Queen first met her future husband Prince Philip when she was just 13 years old at the wedding of his cousin, Princess Marina of Greece. It was love at first sight for the young princess. She stayed keen to the…
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Prince Harry's South Pole trek: meet the challengers

Prince Harry’s patronage of Walking With the Wounded is not your typical royal patronage. After joining them for part of their 2011 trek to the North Pole, he set a new bar for himself. As far as WWTW goes, it’s not enough for Prince Harry to speak at black tie galas, he has to get his hands dirty. And how could he not? The men and women Walking With the Wounded supports are soldiers just like…
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Prince William steps in for The Queen at Investiture on Tuesday

The Duke of Cambridge filled in for The Queen today in what is his second ever investiture. Her Majesty was said to be experiencing some ankle pain and therefore was unable to hold today’s ceremony. William dressed in his RAF uniform; steadily placed his sword on Blackadder actor Tony Robinson’s shoulder, and granted him his knighthood. The former ‘Baldrick’ offered William a cameo role if…
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Earl of Wessex installed as Chancellor of the University of Bath

Prince Edward was officially installed as the University’s fifth Chancellor on 7 November, 2013. On 1 August 2013, the Earl of Wessex became Chancellor of the University of Bath following the retirement of Lord Tugenhat. This past Thursday, 7 November, he was installed as the fifth Chancellor during the formal installation ceremony. The role of the Chancellor “who is by Royal Statute the…
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