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The Christmas tradition established by the Princess of Wales that has quickly become a firm favourite

The Princess of Wales has started a festive celebration that is now firmly cemented as part of the Royal Family’s Christmas. It’s the Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. And now, at the end of a year described by her husband as brutal, Catherine will close on a festive high with another special concert. The Princess of Wales held her first Together at Christmas Carol Service at…
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The Duchess of Edinburgh at the National Remembrance Service

The Duchess of Edinburgh represented the Royal Family at Monday’s Armistice Service at the National Memorial Arboretum. During the service, Sophie read an extract from ‘For the Fallen’, a remembrance poem by Lawrence Binyon and laid a wreath on behalf of the royals. Sophie was accompanied by government and military representatives at the ceremony. According to the National Memorial…
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The princess who refused to consider marrying a prince

Louisa Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, led one of the most colourful royal lives. Born 18 March 1848 as the daughter of the sovereign, Louise would also serve as the vice-regal consort of Canada when her husband…
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Catherine and Sophie take the centre balcony at Remembrance Sunday service

The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh took the centre balcony at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for the Remembrance Sunday service. The royal duo watched the Remembrance Sunday service, which saw King Charles, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Princess Royal lay wreaths on behalf of the nation and the military. Equerries for Queen Camilla and…
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A tiara wedding gift from one queen to another that's now a favourite of a stylish royal

She was the royal bride who became a queen when she said ‘I do’ but who almost lost her crown just moments later in an assassination attempts. Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain returned to her new royal palace in a blood spattered wedding dress where she was greeted by her mother-in-law, Queen Maria Christina. Both women shared dramatic and tragic times as Spain’s consort and both…
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