State & Ceremonial

Prince George makes first appearance on Palace balcony as royals mark Queen's official birthday

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13th June 2015
Prince George made his first appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony this afternoon as he joined members of the Royal Family to watch the traditional RAF fly past marking The Queen’s Official Birthday, carried in Prince William’s arms. Earlier in the morning, The Queen led the Royal Family as they attended the traditional Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade, where over 1,000…
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State & Ceremonial

Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and ​Jonny Wilkinson among Queen's Birthday Honours

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12th June 2015
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne, rugby star Jonny Wilkinson and footballer Frank Lampard OBE are among 1,163 people who have been been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. This year, officials were keen to point out that the list sees a 51% representation for women, equalling the record of the 2014 New Years honours list for the highest representation of…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen marks 200 years of service by the Gurkhas

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10th June 2015
The Queen, accompanied by other senior members of the Royal Family, has attended a special pageant in London to mark the 200 years of service that the Gurkhas have given to the Crown. The Sultan of Brunei was also present at the event which took place in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The open air pageant, organized by the Gurkha Welfare Trust, chronicled the two centuries of Gurkha…
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History

Could Henry I be the next car-park King?

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7th June 2015
The world has just witnessed the last Plantagenet King, Richard III, be reburied at Leicester Cathedral and now researchers believe that a second Monarch could be buried under a car-park in Reading. That Monarch is none other than the youngest son of William the Conqueror…
European Royals

Seven things to know about the big Royal Wedding of 2015

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7th June 2015
Exactly a week from today the Royal Wedding of the Year will take place in Stockholm. The only son of the King and Queen of Sweden, Prince Carl Philip, will marry fiancee of just under a year, Sofia Hellqvist, in a glittering ceremony on June 13th which will be attended by many of Europe’s royals. With seven days to go, here are seven things to know about this year’s big Royal Wedding. The…
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