History

Regicide: how Queen Victoria survived seven assassination attempts (part two)

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7th October 2014
<![CDATA[We continue with the accounts of Victoria's attempted assassinations, covering her last three assailant's stories, as well as a few others that got rather close to her. Victoria faced the most assassination attempts in centuries 5. In June 1850, Robert Pate became the fifth person to make an attempt on Victoria’s life. Once more, her children witnessed the attack…
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British RoyalsKing Charles III

Charles and Camilla attend Dowager Duchess of Devonshire funeral

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2nd October 2014
<![CDATA[Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall paid their respects at the funeral of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah Mitford on Thursday. Charles and Camilla travelled to Derbyshire to join other mourners at the Chatsworth estate late on Thursday morning. Staff from Chatsworth House lined the route to St Peter’s Church in Edensor according to the estate. At 11.15am the…
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Features

Launch of Dickie Arbiter's book 'On Duty with the Queen'

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30th September 2014
<![CDATA[Yesterday evening, Waterstones in High Street Kensington hosted Blink Publishing’s launch of Dickie Arbiter’s book On Duty with the Queen. Numerous royal correspondents, publishers, close family members and friends gathered to celebrate the book launch with a drinks and canapé reception. Dickie made a short speech at the beginning of the evening thanking the guests for attending…
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Features

Dress from Queen's younger years to be sold at auction

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23rd September 2014
<![CDATA[ A dress worn by Princess Elizabeth in 1949 is to be sold at auction on 25th September. The dress was made by Norman Hartnell, who dressed Elizabeth while both Princess and Queen as Royal Clothier. It is made from silk and features a floral pattern in pink and white; the dress’s shape shows off Her Majesty’s renowned slim waist of her younger years, which the dress shows to…
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