Insight

Titles on Downton Abbey explained

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2nd June 2020
Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of the most popular TV shows produced in recent decades. The show gives us 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 fairly accurate idea of life for the aristocracy at this time and the changes that the first world war brought to the United Kingdom’s…
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The Kents

Senior government minister witnessed the birth of Princess Alexandra to ensure there was no baby swapping

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21st May 2020
In years gone by, it was customary for the birth of any royal baby to be witnessed by the UK Home Secretary ensuring the new arrival was genuine.The Queen’s cousin, Princess Alexandra, was the last royal to have had her birth witnessed by the by an official political observer in 1936.Sir John Simon, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Office, was present when Princess…
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History

The tragedy of the last Stuart Monarch - Queen Anne’s 18 pregnancies

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5th May 2020
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous reign becoming the first Monarch of a united single sovereign state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth as a Queen Regnant in a male dominated society. Though tragedy was never far away from the last of the Stuarts as not many people will be aware that Queen Anne became pregnant an astonishing 18 times, though not one of her…
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Prince Philip

Why isn't Prince Philip King?

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1st May 2020
Alot of comments Royal Central receives raise the question of why Prince Philip isn’t king, despite the wife of a king being a queen.On the face of it, it seems bizarre, perhaps eve sexist, though in this post we’ll explain why exactly Prince Philip…
Queen Elizabeth II

Will we ever see The Queen return to carrying out official engagements?

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29th April 2020
Social distancing measures will be in place for many months, perhaps even for a couple of years, meaning everyday life will remain disrupted for the foreseeable future. In April, The Queen celebrated her 94th birthday – a moment which some royal commentators have mooted may be her last before retirement.It has been widely reported in the media that the monarch could make her eldest son…
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