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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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King Charles receives a jubilant welcome in Wales after first visit as monarch

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16th September 2022
King Charles III received a jubilant welcome in Wales as he concluded his whirlwind tour of the United Kingdom in the week since he became sovereign. Joined by his Queen Consort, The King carried out engagements in Cardiff, arriving first at Llandaff Cathedral for a service in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles spoke with the Archbishop of Wales after the service, who joked that…
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Sophie hugs mourners in Manchester as she and Prince Edward light a candle in memory of The Queen

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15th September 2022
The Earl and Countess of Wessex were in Manchester Thursday afternoon to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Paying their respects to Edward’s late mother, the royal couple viewed the book of condolences set up by the city and saw cards and floral displays set up in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died one week ago. The royal couple then carried out a walkabout in St. Ann’s…
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The Floral Tribute: the Poet Laureate writes an homage to Queen Elizabeth II

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14th September 2022
The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom has released a final tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, evoking her memory in an appropriately-named ‘Floral Tribute.’ Simon Armitage’s poem is written as a double acrostic, meaning the first word of each line forms its own word when you read vertically—in this, both stanzas spell out ‘Elizabeth.’ In ‘Floral Tribute,’ a September…
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