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The future queen who went Victorian with orange blossoms instead of diamonds at her wedding

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22nd August 2024
She might have been marrying the then heir to the Belgian throne, but when Paola Ruffo di Calabria said ‘I do’ to Albert, Prince of Liege, she had absolutely no expectation that they would ever end up as Belgium’s king and queen.  So Paola’s wedding look was a personal pick rather than an attempt to fit a regal template. And one of the most striking parts of it is the lack of a…
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Revealed: how a king feels about a legend of the Tower

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19th August 2024
Legend has it that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. Now, the man who’s just taken charge of ensuring their safety, and with it that of the realm, has revealed just what The King thinks of the tradition. Yeoman Michael Chandler, better known as Barney, is the new Ravenmaster of the Tower of London. His day to day activities includes supervising the…
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Meet the queen who might have been born in a horse drawn carriage

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4th August 2024
She lived most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet one very basic detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no one is really sure exactly where Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was born. And no one did more to get people guessing than the Queen Mum herself. In 1980, as preparations were under way for her eightieth birthday celebrations, a Clarence House press officer was asked to…
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