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Royal Jewels in Focus: Swedish Laurel Wreath Tiara

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16th August 2017
The Swedish Laurel Wreath Tiara easily stands out among a collection of impressive Swedish pieces. Despite the classical laurel leaf motif being common among royal jewellery throughout Europe, this piece is uniquely elegant with its tall profile of double rows of diamond laurel leaves and hanging diamond centre pendant. Made by the eponymous French jewellery house, Boucheron, the Laurel Wreath…
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William: I tell my kids about 'Granny Diana'

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23rd July 2017
They have never met their grandmother, but they surely know a good deal about her. Prince William has revealed that bedtime stories for his children feature some poignant memories from the life of his late mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales. Speaking in a special ITV documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of her death, William said he makes sure Prince George and Princess Charlotte know that…
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WW2 Bomb in Germany Dismantled Before Cambridge Family Visit

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20th July 2017
Archaeology is a lot of fun. You never know what you might dig up, left over years ago by absentminded ancestors. Coins, old rubbish, bits of pottery, scraps of letters, an unexploded ordinance that could take out half the street if it’s so much as looked at funny. The latter was recently the source of a number of headaches for the authorities of Heidelberg in Germany as they prepared the…
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William and Harry: ''Diana was best mum in the world''

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8th July 2017
Prince William and Prince Harry looked full of nostalgia as they flipped through a photo album that Diana, Princess of Wales, collated more than 20 years ago. In a promo released by ITV for the new documentary, Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, the two brothers chat as they recall precious moments they spent with their late mother before her tragic death in 1997. Holding a photo of himself…
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