British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

The iconic outfits worn by The Queen at her Platinum Jubilee

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5th July 2022
Both of The Queen’s historic outfits from her Platinum Jubilee will be on display this summer at the Palace of Holyrood. For Her Majesty’s first Platinum Jubilee appearance, at Trooping the Colour, she wore a powder blue dress and coat that features a white and silver petal design around the collar and the front, designed by The Queen’s dressmaker, Angela Kelly. She also wore a…
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British RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Spending on Buckingham Palace tops £100 million

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2nd July 2022
In the past fiscal year, the Royal Family spent more than £100 million on significant repair work on Buckingham Palace, drawing large amounts of funding. The Royal Family released its annual spending report for the last financial year, released on Thursday, 30 June. The Sovereign Grant report details how the Royal Family has spent their funds. During the last financial year, the Royal…
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European RoyalsHistoryNorwaySweden

Ingeborg, the princess who just provided a future queen with her first tiara

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20th June 2022
The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth birthday celebrations.The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden.Born Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise in 1878, she was the daughter of King Frederick VII and Louise of Denmark. She was a first cousin…
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British Royals

Piano given by Princess Margaret to Sir Roderick Llewellyn goes on auction

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11th June 2022
A gift from The Queen’s late sister is going up for auction at the end of June.Princess Margaret, The Queen’s younger sister, gave her then-boyfriend, Roderick Llewellyn, a piano as a gift during their relationship in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The piano was made in the 1890s by Mitchell & Briggs, who held a Royal Warrant.The Princess’s relationship with…
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