Princess Anne and Family

The Princess Royal tells Team GB to 'enjoy the experience' as they prepare to go for gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics

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4th February 2022
The Princess Royal has told British Olympians to ‘enjoy the experience’ as the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Games approaches. Princess Anne, who is President of the British Olympics Association, also told Team GB’s athletes that she wished them ”every success’ as they get ready to compete at the 2022 Games. In a special video message, the Princess…
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British Royals

King George VI: the wartime king

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3rd February 2022
”There may be dark days ahead…but we can only do the right as we see the right” The words of King George VI, spoken in 1939, still hold a resonance. They were part of his historic broadcast made as Britain went to war with Nazi Germany. His calm and…
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Classic flowers for a royal bride - Queen Maxima's wedding bouquet

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2nd February 2022
While a royal wedding dress might grab all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our fourth discussion about the wedding gown itself but the flowers have their own part in every big royal wedding. That was no different on February 2nd 2002 when…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Up to 10 million people could join UK wide 'thank you' to The Queen

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31st January 2022
Up to ten million people are expected to join a huge ‘thank you’ taking place on the final day of the Platinum Jubilee weekend. Organisers of national ‘Thank You Day’ have planned the 2022 event to co-incide with the last afternoon of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s reign in June 2022. And they’re hoping that millions will turn out and…
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The final farewell of a king and princess

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31st January 2022
The reign of George VI came to an end on February 6th 1952. The King died in his sleep in the early hours of the morning and silently, his throne passed to his elder daughter who was, without knowing it, now Queen Elizabeth II. They had parted exactly a week before when the…
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Death of a King: George III

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29th January 2022
He remains Britain’s longest ruling king but the real character of the monarch whose reign ended two centuries ago remains shrouded by the long standing claim that he was mad. George III, whose time on the throne encompassed some of the biggest social changes seen in Britain for decades, died misunderstood and in partial obscurity. The king’s end was sad and quiet. George had been…
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