British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II's devotion to the RNLI

The new Prince and Princess of Wales met with Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew members and shop volunteers at Holyhead RNLI on their quick visit back to the island. The RNLI has long-standing royal connections, including with the late Queen. Queen Elizabeth II became patron of the RNLI in 1952, shortly after ascending the throne. Before becoming patron, the then-21-year-old…
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British RoyalsKing Charles III

First use of King Charles III's cypher

The final seven days of court mourning after the death of Queen Elizabeth II have finished, and the Royal Family has been back to business. The new Prince and Princess of Wales have been in Wales for the first time in their new role, and King Charles has also been moving forward in his reign with a new official cypher. On Monday, 26 September, King Charles III’s royal cypher for…
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King Charles III

When will The King relocate from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace?

King Charles III has lived at Clarence House for nearly two decades and has expressed how much he enjoys living there. However, he will most likely be moving sometime in the future to Buckingham Palace. Clarence House is nearly 200 years old and was built by John Nash for the Duke of Clarence, uncle to Queen Victoria, between 1825 and 1827.  In the twentieth and twenty-first…
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Features

The man who created the first image of Elizabeth II

The Queen’s Wardrobe was a vital part of her public image and, in death, it was become a story of its own as it describes one way in which Elizabeth II projected her public image in an age increasingly obsessed with how we look . Over her life, she was dressed by and cultivated relationships with many different designers. The most notable and enduring of those must be the First Knight of…
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