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Anne, Andrew and Edward head to Balmoral after doctors express concern for The Queen's health

The Queen is being joined by more of her family as doctors express ”concern” for her health. The Princess Royal and the Duke of York are already at Balmoral with her. The Earl of Wessex, along with the Countess of Wessex, is on his way.Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty’s medical team are ”concerned” for her health.The Prince of Wales had travelled…
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis start their new school

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined their children at a ‘settling in’ afternoon at the school that all three will now attend.Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and 4 year old Prince Louis were welcomed to Lambrook School near Windsor for a few hours ahead of term starting. The school always runs a settling in session for new pupils ahead of the fresh academic year.The…
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Ten reasons Katherine Parr is a queen worth remembering

On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years. The woman who became a royal bride on that Julyday at Hampton Court was also one of her country’s most interesting…
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The Balmoral room chosen by The Queen for a moment of history

The Queen has appointed a new UK Prime Minister and, for the first time in her historic reign, the event took place outside London. Liz Truss was asked to form a government during an audience with Her Majesty at Balmoral. And the meeting took place in a room at the heart of this historic royal residence.The Queen appointed the fifteenth premier of her 70 year reign in the Drawing Room at…
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