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Stop the style contests - the royal look of the Jubilee year is here

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13th April 2022
Never mind Royal Ascot, the Jubilee or Camilla’s tour of Canada. The hats there may be tip topper but they are nothing compared to the royal special we’ve just seen. 2022 is only just through its first quarter and we have the hat of the year. Step up, Sir Tim Laurence.The Princess Royal’s husband has been touring Australia and Papua New Guinea in the kind of headwear that is usually seen…
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The special link with his mother hidden in Prince Philip's final portrait

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9th April 2022
The smile is familiar, as is the stance. In what would prove to be his final portrait, Prince Philip is caught for eternity staring at his viewer as he prepares to walk one of the many corridors of Windsor Castle, seat of the royal dynasty which became his life. And at the end of that path he is about to walk is the Tapestry Room where his mother was born. Philip was going home.That poignant…
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Remembering Prince Philip, 1921 - 2021

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9th April 2022
The Royal Family is marking the first anniversary of the death of Prince Philip.The Duke of Edinburgh died on April 9th 2021 at Windsor Castle at the age of 99. His death was announced, with great sorrow, by The Queen soon afterwards.Tributes continue to pour in for…
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When Dot Cotton met The Queen - in memorium to soap royalty, June Brown

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4th April 2022
June Brown, the legendary TV actress who has died at the age of 95, revealed she was so nervous at meeting The Queen on one of their several encounters that she almost fell over.The star, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list just months ago, revealed that when she’d picked up her MBE at Buckingham Palace in 2008, she had almost tripped over as she made her way…
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Over one million trees now planted for The Queen's Green Canopy

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31st March 2022
The Queen’s Green Canopy has now seen over one million trees planted as the celebration for the Platinum Jubilee continues.As planting season came to an end, on March 31st 2022, The Queen issued a message of thanks to all those who have rooted a tree for her special celebrations.Among those rooting a tree on the final day of the season was the Prime Minister. Boris Johnson was…
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