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The Queen visits the City of London

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8th November 2018
The Queen has officially opened a major new building in the City of London. On November 7th, Her Majesty visited the new Schroders Headquarters to mark a fresh chapter in the history of the firm which has traded in London for over two centuries. The offices, which have already been used by the international asset management company for the past two months, are at the Barbican and during her time…
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The Countess of Wessex remembers police officers killed in World War One

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7th November 2018
The Countess of Wessex has paid tribute to the hundreds of members of the Metropolitan Police who were killed in the First World War at a special commemoration in London. Sophie joined officers of all ranks at the memorial service held at St. Martin in the Fields at Trafalgar Square. During the service, marking the centenary of the end of the conflict, the Countess read ‘In Flanders Field’…
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Remembrance Week 2018: the Royal Family's tributes

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6th November 2018
As Remembrance Week gets underway, the Royal Family will lead tributes around the United Kingdom to those who have given their lives for their country in armed conflict. Remembrance Day takes place on the second Sunday in November, and this year it falls on November 11th…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: a romantic and reluctant queen

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4th November 2018
Royal weddings, eh? You wait ages for one to come along and then two arrive at once. We’ve just had a double dose of regal matrimony with the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in May followed swiftly by the marriage of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in October. And in 1923, the marital calendar was packed with princely nuptials, too. The springtime wedding of Albert, Duke of…
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Remembering Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

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29th October 2018
She had been an integral part of the House of Windsor for almost seventy years; she was the oldest ever member of the Royal Family, and she had lived an adventure packed life that broke the regal mould in many ways. The death of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, on October 29th 2004, brought to an end a fascinating and often overlooked royal story. Alice had lived quietly and discreetly, but…
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