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The one member of Prince Edward's family who doesn't get a new title - his daughter, Lady Louise

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10th March 2023
There is a new Duke of Edinburgh – King Charles has created the title for his youngest brother, Prince Edward. It means that, as of March 10th 2023, three of the four members of Edward’s family now have brand new titles. However, one doesn’t. The new Duke’s eldest child, his daughter, remains The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and that won’t change at any point in…
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The Edinburghs

The history of the Dukedom of Edinburgh

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10th March 2023
There is a brand new Duke of Edinburgh. King Charles III has created the Dukedom again for his younger brother, Prince Edward, fulfilling the wish of the most famous holder of the title, their father, Prince Philip. It’s another chapter in the long and varied history…
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The wedding of a future queen that could have cost her a throne

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10th March 2023
It was a wedding fit for a queen in waiting but the bride and groom only made it to the altar after a wave of protest, some of it angry, that threatened to stop their romance in its tracks. When Beatrix of the Netherlands, then heir to her country’s throne, wed Claus van Amsberg in 1966, the recent past proved more than problematic. The couple overcame those troubles and enjoyed a successful…
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Westminster Abbey announces when it will close its doors to prepare for the Coronation

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9th March 2023
Westminster Abbey is being prepared for the Coronation of King Charles III and it’s now been announced when its doors will close ahead of the ceremont. The Abbey will shut its doors to the public on April 25th 2023, twelve days before King Charles and Queen Camilla are crowned within its ancient walls. It will open again on May 8th 2023 when hundreds are expected to make their way to…
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British Royals

Buckingham Palace alters website to show Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

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9th March 2023
Buckingham Palace has changed its website to show the titles that the children of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will now use. The site now shows them as Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex. The alteration came after the Duke and Duchess decided they wanted their children to use their royal titles. Archie and Lilibet had the right to be known as Prince and Princess…
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