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Prince Edward begins three-day visit to Estonia and Germany honouring longstanding commitment

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21st September 2022
The Earl of Wessex is “honouring a longstanding commitment” as he visits Estonia and Germany this week. Prince Edward had been due to visit both countries in his role as Royal Colonel of 2nd Battalion The Rifles and Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry but had to delay the visit as it coincided with his late mother’s funeral on Monday. Though the National Mourning period…
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British Royals

Queen Camilla pays tribute to The Queen's smile – and her role as a female leader

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19th September 2022
Queen Camilla has paid loving tribute to her late mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth II, recalling her ‘wonderful blue eyes’ and a smile that is ‘unforgettable’, just hours before the late Queen’s State Funeral. In a pre-recorded segment for television filmed a few months ago at Clarence House, Queen Camilla spoke of Queen Elizabeth II as someone she’s known her entire life, despite only…
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Women permitted to wear trouser suits for State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

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18th September 2022
New details about the dress code at Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral are emerging, and for the first time ever, women will be permitted to wear trouser suits. Dress code protocols at royal events typically mention that women should wear some form of dress, and it is believed that this is the first time that trouser suits will be an option for female guests. The details emerged after a…
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Features

Memories of Her Majesty: the tour that transformed Elizabeth II into a global Queen

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18th September 2022
The story of how Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne—that she went up a tree a princess and climbed back down a queen—and the aborted tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya that had to be postponed is well-documented. But what of her first official tour as The Queen? In late 1953, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked on a Commonwealth Tour that would see them visiting…
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