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King Charles and Queen Camilla spotlight African fashion history

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5th November 2022
The King and Queen Consort have been visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington this week to see a new exhibition. King Charles and Queen Camilla were met at the V&A on Thursday, 2 November by Director Tristam Hunt, Chairman Sir Nicholas Coleridge, and Lord Lieutenant for Greater London Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE. The V&A is the largest textile museum in the world, and a new…
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Queen Camilla hands over prestigious literary prize

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19th October 2022
The Queen attended a prestigious literary event in London at the Roundhouse. Before presenting the prize, she met with several celebrities and authors at the event.  The Booker Prize ceremony was held at the Roundhouse in London on 17 October, and it is the first time in three years that it has been held in person. This is the seventh time that Camilla has given out the prize.  Her…
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A scaled back coronation is the perfect start for King Charles III

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12th October 2022
Buckingham Palace has released the date of the King’s coronation; it will be held on Saturday, 6 May 2023, at Westminster Abbey. Reports from sources close to the palace have stressed that this will be a much smaller event than his mother’s coronation in 1953. Given that society in the UK, the Commonwealth, and the world as a whole is in a rather different place than it was in 1953, this…
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Queen Elizabeth II's devotion to the RNLI

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2nd October 2022
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 Princess…
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