British Royals

The Queen and Royal Family are ‘Huge Fans’ of ITV show, ‘Victoria’

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14th October 2016
Victoria show writer Daisy Goodwin has revealed that a source close to the royal family has shared that they love the hit period drama about the current queen’s great great grandmother, Queen Victoria. Goodwin told the Daily Star, ‘I know someone who is a very old friend of the Queen’s and I was told that the royal family is enjoying it hugely. Whether that means the Queen is enjoying…
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Who was Adela of Normandy?

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6th October 2016
Though many of the details of life are unknown or disputed by historians, Adela of Normandy is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and was the daughter of William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England and his wife, Matilda of Flanders. Adela was born in the years following her father’s accession to the English throne in 1066 and was one of up to five daughters. (The birth order and…
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History

#OnThisDay in 1240 Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, was born

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29th September 2016
Margaret Plantagenet was born on 29 September 1240 at Windsor Castle to King Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanore of Provence. The second of five children, the first few years of Margaret’s life were spent quietly in the care of her affectionate and close family. Her first appearance in historical record came when she was three years old and she took part in a royal event in London with…
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Palaces & Buildings

Accused teen who planned terror attack on Buckingham Palace appears in court

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15th September 2016
On Tuesday, 13 September, Westminster Magistrates’ Court saw the appearance of 19-year-old Haroon Ali-Syed, who was arrested on 8 September on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack on key London landmarks ‘on the scale of 7/7’. Prosecutor Thomas Halpin spoke at the hearing and announced to the court that ‘The allegation is that [Haroon Ali-Syed] was planning a terrorist attack…
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