British Royals

Post Office campaigner becomes Sir Alan Bates at first autumn investiture

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26th September 2024
The Princess Royal has hosted the first autumn Investiture at Windsor Castle and the Post Office campaigner Alan Bates received a knighthood.  Sir Alan is best known for his hard-fought campaign for post office staff who were wrongly convicted of fraud, a decades-long battle to have injustices righted.  The 70 year old from Wales was listed in The King’s Birthday Honours list that was…
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The secrets of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's engagement ring

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25th September 2024
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagement ring may not have as much attention as The Princess of Wales’ engagement ring (once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales) but it is a beautiful ring that was created by a favourite jeweller and with a love message hidden in its stones. When Prince Edward announced his engagement to Sophie Rhys-Jones in January 1999, the engagement ring was front and…
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The royal bride club that could be about to get a new member

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23rd September 2024
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark will marry Matthew Kumar on 28 September with several days of celebrations planned. And a big part of the bride’s outfit could be a tiara filled with family history and one that’s been used by a very exclusive club of princesses. This royal wedding has been several years in the making. After getting engaged in 2018, the couple moved their…
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Denmark

King Frederik words on Queen Margrethe's health after surprise hospital admission

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20th September 2024
King Frederik shared an update on his mother’s condition after she was hospitalised earlier on Thursday due to a fall.  Queen Margrethe, the former Danish monarch, was hospitalised after she fell at her home at Fredernsborg Palace in Copenhagen on Wednesday, 18 September.  She was taken to Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen to be treated, the largest teaching hospital in…
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