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The 'Windsor Beauties' take centre stage in new look at society and style

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18th January 2023
A new exhibition at Hampton Court Palace is exploring the standards of beauty around the royal court and how those can be explored in a modern context.“Permissible Beauty” opened at Hampton Court Palace last week in the Communication Gallery and Cartoon Gallery. The exhibition features the “Windsor Beauties”, a set of portraits by British artist Sir Peter Lely featuring several…
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Greece

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens - the setting for the final part of a King's story

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14th January 2023
On Tuesday, 10 January, King Constantine II died in Athens, Greece, at Hygeia Hospital at the age of 82 from stroke complications.His private funeral will be held in Athens on Monday, 16 January, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation is informally known as the Mētrópolis and is below the Acropolis in Athens. It is a Greek Orthodox…
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Greece

The royals buried at Tatoi

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12th January 2023
King Constantine II of Greece, the former King of the Hellenes, died in Athens on Tuesday, 10 January.He will be buried at Tatoi Royal Cemetery at the Greek Royal Family’s former summer home in Greece.Tatoi Palace was the summer estate of the Greek royals…
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Prince Richard - the spare who was unexpectedly called up for royal duties following the death of the heir

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9th January 2023
While The Duke of Gloucester is not one of the more recognisable members of The Royal Family, he has dedicated himself to a role that he was never meant to have and provided indelible support to his cousin, Queen Elizabeth II.Prince Richard Alexander Walter George was born to Prince Henry and Princess Alice, the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester on 26 August 1944, nearly three years after his…
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Queen Elizabeth II

New line of commemorative china to mark the life of Queen Elizabeth II revealed

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6th January 2023
The Royal Collection Trust has released a new line of commemorative china to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s life.The Queen’s personal history has been memorialised on a new RCT line. The design features the late Queen’s personal cypher as Princess Elizabeth. The cypher was included on The Queen’s State Hearse used in September.In addition, the decorative border that…
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