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How much has changed in just four years - the last traditional Trooping of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

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16th June 2023
This year will see the Sovereign’s Birthday Parade, better known as Trooping the Colour, held in honour of King Charles III for the first time. It will also be a return to a more familiar Trooping, for the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw the traditional ceremony altered several times for different reasons. In 2020 and 2021, it was held at Windsor Castle, because of the…
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The first royal wedding of a new reign that helped make history

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15th June 2023
It was the first royal wedding of a new reign but one filled with poignancy. Princess Christina, fourth sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married in June 1974, just eighteen months after the death of her mother, Princess Sybilla. Her wedding also began a hat trick of regal nuptials in Sweden within the space of a few years. Let’s rewind to June 15th 1974 and the Royal Wedding of Princess…
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The long dead widow used by Richard III to banish the Princes in the Tower

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12th June 2023
The story of the Princes in the Tower and their uncle, Richard III, continues to fascinate. New research has just been shared, indicating that Richard may have saved the boys he has long been accused of removing to further his own power. Much of his argument for taking the throne from the sons of his older brother, Edward IV, rested on rumours of a romance between two people who were already dead…
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Belgium's Queen Mathilde honours a very English tradition on a sunny day in London

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9th June 2023
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians made a special nod to the history of her hosts when she attended the Founder’s Day Parade at the Royal Chelsea Hospital in London. The Belgian queen was guest of honour alongside her husband, King Philippe, for the annual event which honours the Royal Chelsea Hospital’s founder, King Charles II. [getty src=”1258533608&#8243…
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