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The Princess of Wales pulled a jewel suprise when she wore one of the most valuable tiaras in the royal collection but it’s a mystery gem to most people and for a very good reason. The gem in question hasn’t been seen in public for over twenty years and that’s because it had become so heavily associated with a queen who wasn’t meant to have it that no one else really…

There are some names that just scream royal – George, Edward, Elizabeth, Anne. Kings and queens have a tendency to keep it in the family when it comes to christening their offspring and so a certain quota of names have become associated with royalty. Alphonso isn’t one of them but for over a decade, it was actually the name of England’s heir to the throne and one of the most…

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in England for the first time in almost 1,000 years, marking one of the most significant cultural loans ever agreed between Britain and France. The extraordinary 11th-century embroidery, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, was transported across the Channel under tight security before arriving at the British Museum in London, where it…

Prince Harry didn’t give his father enough notice to stay at Buckingham Palace and so he’ll have to find other accommodation while in the UK. On the day Harry is set to arrive in England, July 6, it was reported that he had been barred from staying at the Palace. Initial reports didn’t go into reasons, they merely stated that the prince could no longer take up residence at the…