British Royals

The royals who will join The Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony at the Platinum Jubilee

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6th May 2022
It’s one of the most highly anticipated parts of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The moment that the Royal Family walk out on to the balcony of Buckingham Palace after Trooping the Colour is one that will be watched around the world. And now we know who will stand at The Queen’s side at this historic moment in her historic reign. Buckingham Palace doesn’t usually announce a line up for…
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George V, a queen in waiting and Britain's first ever Silver Jubilee

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6th May 2022
On a bright spring day in 1935, King George V became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Silver Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of his reign followed plenty of royal tradition but there was also innovation in the celebrations as well as a rather historic moment on the Buckingham Palace balcony. No other British king or queen had held festivities to mark a quarter of a century of rule.
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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen's dynasty enters a new chapter with the marriage of a princess

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3rd May 2022
She was the first of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake. Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was a huge state occasion with a massive television audience that captured imaginations around the world. And it was a major milestone, not just for her, but for the…
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The dates when two royal dukes are set to reveal their secrets

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30th April 2022
The Platinum Jubilee year of Elizabeth II has already led to millions of words being written about royalty but some of the most eagerly awaited are still to be published. It’s long been known that both the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Kent would publish memoirs in 2022. Now we know when the regal revelations will be made. First to hit the bookshops will be the memoirs of The Queen’s…
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