British Royals

The title that unites a forgotten princess, a very grand duchess and the most historic monarch of all

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27th June 2024
The title of Duke of Edinburgh is one of the best known in the modern Monarchy. It was held for almost 74 years by Prince Philip. He is the best known of all the men to be Duke of Edinburgh but the five women who have been the city’s duchess, including the newly created Duchess of Edinburgh, are all famous names in royal history. The Hanover’s missing queen The first Duchess of Edinburgh…
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Features

Ten reasons Katherine Parr is a queen worth remembering

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25th June 2024
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal wedding took place.  The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years.  The woman who became a royal bride on that July day at Hampton Court was also one of her country’s most interesting consorts – here are ten…
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Royal News

Princess Anne in hospital with concussion

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24th June 2024
The Princess Royal is being treated for concussion and minor injuries after an accident at her home in Gloucestershire. The Princess, who is 73, was taken to hospital in Bristol on Sunday evening after an incident at Gatcombe Park. Her Royal Highness has concussion and…
Sweden

The royal bride who wore her sister's wedding dress

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23rd June 2024
It was a royal wedding with a recycled gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads back to June 1964 for the wedding of Desiree and Baron Niclas Silfvershiold. The princess was the second of the four sisters of Carl Gustaf of Sweden to marry…
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