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The Duke of Edinburgh takes the lead during poignant Anzac Day service

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25th April 2024
The Duke of Edinburgh joined commemorations for Anzac Day in London. The event serves as a national day of remembrance for both Australia and New Zealand and marks the anniversary of the start of the First World War Gallipoli landings. The Duke joined the dawn service at London’s New Zealand Memorial. Following the service, he attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at…
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The history of Commonwealth Day

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11th March 2024
Every year on the second Monday of March, Commonwealth Day (originally known as Empire Day) is celebrated. While the date has some official status in certain member states of the Commonwealth, observances are not specific to this particular day. In most countries, it’s not celebrated as a public holiday. In the 1890s, the holiday was initially created and held on Queen Victoria’s birthday…
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What is Commonwealth Day?

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10th March 2024
Every year, on the second Monday of March, the Commonwealth of Nations celebrates Commonwealth Day. The goal is to unite 2.5 billion Commonwealth citizens and celebrate their shared principles and values. It also aims to ensure a future of peace.  The day was initially…
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The history of royal Maundy, the ancient tradition Queen Camilla will now carry out on behalf of King Charles

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5th March 2024
Queen Camilla will distribute Maundy money this year, carrying out the ancient tradition on behalf of King Charles as he continues his treatment for cancer. Her Majesty will take on one of the oldest royal duties of all with its history intertwined in the very origins of the monarchy. Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, which precedes Good…
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A royal love story: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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19th February 2024
Their love is perhaps one of the strongest in royal history, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His early death impacted the rest of her reign as a depressed widow who took every opportunity to pay tribute to her late husband. Albert was Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha…
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The love story of the Prince and Princess of Wales

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16th February 2024
In 2001, Prince William met Catherine Middleton while they were students in residence at St Salvator’s Hall at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. While the two were close friends at first, it was at a charity fashion show in 2002 that Catherine reportedly caught…
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Edward and Sophie: their love story

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16th February 2024
If one wanted to be cheeky, one could say this royal love story began with a match. Well, it did when Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, met Sophie Rhys-Jones at a tennis event in 1993. She represented firms across the UK, Switzerland, and Australia before she opened her own agency in 1996, giving herself a busy life for one that would change the moment she and Edward said…
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