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Looking back at the first TV Christmas speech of Queen Elizabeth II

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1st December 2022
“Twenty-five years ago my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages. Today is another landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day.”Queen Elizabeth II uttered those words on Christmas Day 1957 during her first televised Christmas Message, broadcast live from the Long Library at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
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Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla makes hard-hitting speech calling for an end to sexual violence

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30th November 2022
Queen Camilla gave a powerful speech at a Buckingham Palace reception, saying that those gathered were “uniting today to confront, rightly, what has rightly been called a global pandemic of violence against women.”The Queen hosted a gathering of advocates, activists, survivors and world leaders as the United Nations marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Conferences are…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe to spend Christmas with her sister as sons head overseas

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24th November 2022
After a year-long celebration marking her Golden Jubilee, Queen Margrethe’s Christmas festivities will be much more low-key, the Danish Royal Court announced Wednesday.Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte are poised to celebrate Christmas Eve together at Djursland with private friends while spending the wider holiday period from 21 to 30 December at Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus.The…
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British Royals

All the tiaras worn by the Royal Family on a historic state visit

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23rd November 2022
The women of the Royal Family were resplendent Tuesday evening for the first State Banquet of King Charles III’s reign. Here’s a round-up of what everyone wore.Queen CamillaThe Queen debuted a new tiara for her first State Banquet as Queen Consort, wearing the Modern Sapphire Tiara.Queen Elizabeth II purchased a sapphire necklace that once belonged to Princess Louise of Belgium…
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