Queen Elizabeth II

For the birds: The Queen to build new home for her racing pigeons

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9th August 2015
The Royal Family is well-known for their love of animals. But the royal’s interest in pigeons and racing? Yes, there is royal love for all creatures great and small, and the sport of pigeon racing is part of it. King George VI and family with Mr J Walter Jones at the Royal Lofts in 1937. The Queen is now investing in a new pigeon loft on her Sandringham estate. The rotting pigeon loft is in…
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History

Stories of the Stuarts: Ring-a-ring of Roses

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9th August 2015
It is one of the most popular nursery rhymes in this country though not many people know the true origins of Ring-a-ring of Roses. The rhyme was first sung during the Great Plague of 1665 and perfectly summed up the symptoms of this devastating disease. “Ring-a-ring of…
History

The stories of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters: Princess Margaret of Connaught

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8th August 2015
Princess Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah of Connaught was born on 15 January 1882 at Bagshot Park in Surrey. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 11 March 1882 by The Archbishop of Canterbury. Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden andDuchess of Scania. Princess Margaret was the eldest daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Duke of…
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Highclere Castle: not just Downton Abbey

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7th August 2015
Highclere Castle, located in England’s southern county of Berkshire, is the seat of the Earl of Carnarvo,n and has been owned by the Herbert family since 1679. The history of the estate may be traced back some 1,300 years when owned by the Bishops of Winchester.George…
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The Queen's Dressmaker: Angela Kelly

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7th August 2015
Part of the job of being royal is dressing the part and Queen Elizabeth II has never disappointed when it comes to choosing the right thing to wear. Whether she is entertaining guests at a glittering state banquet or performing a royal walkabout, Her Majesty The Queen always looks very elegant and beautiful. Much of this is due to her lovely dresses that never fail to entrance and enchant but…
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The Great Royal Bake Off

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5th August 2015
It hasn’t even started yet and already Great British Bake Off fever has returned to the UK with just about everyone getting ready to go crazy again for meringues, macaroons and marble cake.   But while the twelve new stars of the BBC One show will no doubt win…
History

Profiling Lady Jane Grey's nine days as Queen

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5th August 2015
Though her reign is disputed by many, Lady Jane Grey is undoubtedly this country’s shortest reigning monarch. Jane is popularly known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ because of her curtailed reign. It is often a view of many she was a victim of her cousin, Edward VI’s, plans to keep his Catholic half-sister Mary off the English throne. The ‘Nine Days Queen’ Lady Jane…
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