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Official Coronation souvenirs launched - with sustainability key to their creation

Official souvenirs for the Coronation are now available – and they’ve been made with sustainability in mind. A range of china and textiles has been launched by the Royal Collection Trust and environmental issues have been key to their production. Royal Collection Trust The china has all been made in the UK with some innovative techniques, including changing the design of the handles on…
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State & Ceremonial

Another first for King Charles - an official Coronation emoji

The first Coronation of the 21st century will come equipped with a very modern accessory – its own emoji. With less than a month to go until King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned, a brand new social media symbol will appear on Twitter whenever some special hashtags are used. Five phrases will generate a version of St. Edward’s Crown, adding a whole new spin to an object that has…
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Queen Camilla

The wedding flowers of Queen Camilla

It’s Easter Sunday and what better than a burst of spring flowers for a message of joy and hope? The wedding bouquet carried by Queen Camilla on her wedding day, April 9th 2005 were a riot of early blooms that matched her pale blue and gold dress to perfection. But the…
British Royals

Blue and gold on the wedding dress of a queen

It was one of the most talked about royal weddings in decades and now it is the marriage of a monarch and consort. On April 9th 2005, King Charles III and Queen Camilla married in Windsor. Millions were watching and they saw a bride with not one but two different wedding outfits. Those same outfits now have a place in history as the wedding dresses of Queen Camilla. [getty src=”52610984″…
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Flowers for love and remembrance on the Coronation invitation

Invitations to the Coronation will have their own place in the history books. The ornately decorated cards are inspired by nature and the flora and fauna of the United Kingdom, all twining round the royal crests of King Charles and Queen Camilla. And each of those blooms has a significance of its own. The King’s great, great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, was a great fan of the language…
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