British Royals

The Windsor Castle fire that came to symbolise the ''annus horribilis'' of the Royal Family

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10th March 2022
The Queen’s seventy years as Monarch have seen many milestones which have become part of the story of her historic reign. Among them was the huge fire at Windsor Castle which became symbolic of a year when the Royal Family found its fortunes fading fast. On the morning of November 20th 1992, a curtain brushed against a spotlight being used in restoration work in the Private Chapel of the…
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Milestones of a Monarch: the accession of Elizabeth II

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7th March 2022
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many milestones that dominate the story of Elizabeth II. Among them is one of the most important of her rule and of modern British history, the moment of her accession. On February 6th 1952, in the early hours, King George VI died in his sleep at Sandringham. No one knows the exact time he passed away. He was found, by a valet, at around 7.30 that morning…
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Unseen portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales takes centre stage in new Kensington Palace exhibition

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3rd March 2022
A previously unseen portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales is among the photos on show in a new exhibition opening at her former home, Kensington Palace. The picture, taken by David Bailey is part of a new event in Jubilee year, Life Through a Royal Lens, which examines the relationship between royalty and photography. The snap was taken in 1988 for one of Diana’s patronages but never…
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The discreet bridesmaid who became a Queen

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28th February 2022
As 1922 got under way, newspapers began to run excited articles about a royal wedding. The only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary was about to say ‘I do’ and every moment of her marriage ceremony was up for scrutiny. Princess Mary’s wedding dress…
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The day Westminster Abbey became the go to royal wedding venue for the House of Windsor

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27th February 2022
When Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in 1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a man with no royal title. She had given up her own HRH to become his wife. Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, second daughter of Victoria’s third son, the Duke of Connaught, walked into Westminster Abbey on…
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