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The Leader of the Opposition on Prince Philip: ''Britain has lost an extraordinary public servant''

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9th April 2021
The Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, has described The Duke of Edinburgh as ” an extraordinary public servant” as he joined tributes to Prince Philip who has died at the age of 99. In a statement issued just minutes after Buckingham Palace announced The Duke had passed away, Sir Keir said ”The United Kingdom has lost an extraordinary public servant in Prince Philip.
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The Duchess of Cornwall visits north London

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8th April 2021
The Duchess of Cornwall got a hands-on demonstration of the coronavirus vaccination roll out during a visit to north London. But she had to confront her fear of needles as she helped mix doses of the vaccine during a tour of a Tottenham vaccine centre. Camilla was given a tour of the Lordship Lane Primary Care Centre which has been administering the jab to the local community as the programme…
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The mystery of the queen's daughter who disappeared without trace

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5th April 2021
Within the walls of one of England’s most picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much anticipated and much talked about. The baby, a little girl, was immediately taken off to a nursery decked in scarlet and gold where a string of…
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The day the Queen Mother died and the newsreader with a burgundy tie who announced the story

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30th March 2021
Peter Sissons was a BBC newsreader who worked on some of the biggest royal stories of the 20th and 21st centuries in his role as one of the UK’s leading newscaster. His most high profile involvement with royal stories came in 2002 when he was working the BBC on the afternoon that the Queen Mother died. Peter Sissons broke the news of her passing to BBC audiences but did so in a grey suit…
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