British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

The Queen's staff line the streets of London and Windsor in honour of Queen Elizabeth II

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21st September 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s personal staff said one final goodbye to their sovereign during her funeral procession.  As Her Majesty’s funeral procession made its way from Westminster Abbey to Hyde Park, over 100 Buckingham Palace staff members lined up outside the palace gates to pay their respects. They were in their usual staff uniform, complete with black armbands.  Queen Elizabeth lived at…
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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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18th September 2022
One of the most recognisable and iconic moments in The Queen’s historic 70-year reign was her 1953 Coronation. It was the first televised Coronation and was watched by 27 million people in the United Kingdom, with millions more watching from around the world.  Queen…
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The man who created the first image of Elizabeth II

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18th September 2022
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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Queen Elizabeth II's Prime Ministers: the vital relationship at the heart of her long reign

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17th September 2022
It was the image that began her reign and it was there that it ended, too. In February 1952, the first glimpse the world had of the new Queen Elizabeth II came as she descended the steps of her aircraft to be greeted by her Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Seventy years later, the final public appearance of Elizabeth II came at Balmoral, as she appointed a new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. In the…
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The other kings called Charles

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15th September 2022
With the death of his mother on Thursday 8 September 2022, King Charles III is now the sovereign of the United Kingdom, as well as fifteen other nations. While it was thought previously that he may take the regnal name of George VII, The King has chosen to keep his given…
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The history of Westminster Hall

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14th September 2022
On Wednesday, 14 September, Queen Elizabeth II’s body will process from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, where it will lie-in-state in Westminster Hall. Westminster Hall is the oldest surviving part of the medieval Palace of Westminster, now a part of the parliament buildings (also known as the Palace of Westminster in the present day). It was first built in 1097…
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