State & Ceremonial

Queen to award first Victoria Cross to living recipient in a decade

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25th February 2015
The Queen is expected to hand out the first British Victoria Cross to a living recipient in a decade as it is announced today the rare (and single highest) award ‘for valour’ has been made to Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey of the Parachute Regiment for actions in Afghanistan. Corporal Leakey also becomes the first living British recipient of the Victoria Cross to receive it for actions…
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British Royals

Portrait of Anne Boleyn believed to have been identified with facial recognition technology

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17th February 2015
A portrait of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, is thought to have been identified using facial recognition technology. Anne Boleyn’s portraits were mostly destroyed after her death Many portraits since Anne’s demise have claimed to be of the woman that Henry VIII created the Church of England for, in order to marry her. The truth is, however, most were destroyed after her…
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Features

Preview: Reinventing The Royals - Episode One

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14th February 2015
After being postponed for broadcast earlier this year, a new date for the transmission of Reinventing The Royals has been confirmed by the BBC as the 19th February. This two-part series looks at the ways in which the Royal Family and the media have established an…
Prince & Princess of Wales

Kate visits Ben Ainslie Racing and the 1851 Trust

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13th February 2015
The Duchess of Cambridge had a day in Portsmouth on Thursday as she paid a visit to Ben Ainslie Racing and the 1851 Trust. The Duchess has just returned from a two week family holiday on the Caribbean island of Mustique. The purpose of Kate’s visit to Portsmouth was to help Sir Ben Ainslie promote his attempts to get more young people in to the sailing and marine industry. Ben Ainslie Racing…
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Features

Behind the scenes of The Tudor Court - The locations of Wolf Hall

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12th February 2015
Although we may be just over halfway through the BBC’s sumptuous television adaption of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, the reviews and public responses have already hailed it a masterpiece of television, and the viewing numbers from the live broadcasts and online replays have made the series the most popular BBC period drama in ten years. The scale of re-creating Henry VIII’s…
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