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The Queen heads to Scotland to prepare for Platinum Jubilee

The weekend before she marks her historic reign, The Queen has travelled up to Balmoral Castle in Scotland for some rest.It was confirmed that The Queen left Windsor Castle on Thursday for a brief respite to rest and relax ahead of the taxing Platinum Jubilee Weekend ahead of her, which will see four days of wall-to-wall celebrations across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth marking her…
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Platinum Jubilee Style: The Queen at William and Kate's wedding

The eyes of the world might have been on the newest royal bride, Kate Middleton—soon to be Duchess of Cambridge—but when The Queen arrived in primrose yellow for the April nuptials of her grandson Prince William, a style moment of her reign was cemented.Ahead of William and Kate’s wedding, the bet-makers were having a field day on the odds of The Queen showing up in various colours to…
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The Queen's Reign in Jewels: the Aquamarine Parure

The Queen’s Aquamarine Parure began as a coronation gift and has morphed into a jewelled legacy between a Monarch and the people of Brazil who contributed, over a period of 15 years, to one of The Queen’s most fashionable and complete parures.The Queen was gifted the beginnings of the Aquamarine Parure from the President of Brazil on behalf of his country as a Cgift in 1953. This first…
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The Duke of Cambridge praises fortitude of submariners as he unveils new memorial

The Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the fortitude of Submariners as he unveiled a new memorial to those who’ve lost their lives in service.William, who is Commodore-in-Chief Submarines, attended the memorial unveiling at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on May 18th 2022. In a speech, he said that Submariners has often been an “invisible force” for over 120 years and…
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