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An ancient tradition hitting the headlines again - what is the 'kissing of hands'?

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4th September 2022
When The Queen appoints her 15th prime minister, she’ll do so with an ancient custom called the kissing hands ceremony. What is this element of a government change? Buckingham Palace has confirmed that, on 6 September, The Queen will receive the out-going Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, for a farewell audience at Balmoral followed by an audience with the new Prime Minister—either Liz Truss…
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Crown Princess Mary opens new UN exhibit

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2nd September 2022
Crown Princess Mary has officially opened a new UN exhibition, 2030 NOW, to highlight the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in Sønderborg. The exhibit aims to show “what kind of world the UN’s 17 global goals can lead to find we each, and together, make an effort to make them come true,” according to the 2030 NOW website. Seventeen artists from across the Nordic countries were invited…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit oversees tribute to victims of Nazis

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2nd September 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a solemn ceremony in Oslo as ‘memorial stones’ were placed in the street to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The stones, placed along the Akershusstranda, represent the victims of Nazism and are set in places where those victims once lived before their deportation and death. “The passers-by who discover the stones become aware of…
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What is the 'Royal Prerogative'?

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1st September 2022
As we look into the role The Queen plays in appointing a new prime minister, we’re looking at Royal Prerogative and how it is exercised. Simply put, Royal Prerogative is the authority and powers vested in the sovereign to govern. However, in modern times, it is exercised only upon the advice of the prime minister, and it is exercised through Her Majesty’s government ministers. According…
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