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The Illegitimate Royals: Royal Central's new summer series

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20th July 2019
They’ve claimed crowns, founded dynasties and shaped royal history but much of it has been done against the odds. For those born outside of royal marriage were often seen as also rans until they stormed the castles their parents called home. For centuries, royal families have relied on legitimate heirs. In centuries past, when being born outside of wedlock was frowned on and led to shaming…
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The Queen is listed among the most admired people in the world

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18th July 2019
The Queen has been named as one of the most admired people in the world in a new poll. The YouGov research also shows that Elizabeth II makes the top twenty most respected women in every country where the survey took place. The overall poll lists the top twenty most admired men and top twenty most admired women and contains just one royal among all forty candidates. The Queen is the fourth most…
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Princess Anne's mourning for her mother-in-law

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16th July 2019
There was a poignant tinge to recent engagements carried out by the Princess Royal. As Anne visited Yorkshire on Monday she was dressed in black, a reminder that the princess is in mourning for her mother-in-law who died earlier this month. Sir Tim Laurence’s mother, Barbara, passed away on July 2nd 2019 at the age of 90. She died at a nursing home a few miles from Gatcombe Park in…
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The Duchess of Cambridge presents Wimbledon trophy for first time

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14th July 2019
It felt like a changing of the guard. For decades, the Duke of Kent has handed over the prizes at Wimbledon but today he stepped aside. For the first time, the Duchess of Cambridge presented the trophies on Centre Court at the end of an already legendary match.The duchess, patron of the All England Tennis Club, had joined the duke, the club’s president, in the Royal Box at Wimbledon for…
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