King Charles III

King Charles and Queen Camilla meet Holocaust survivors at Buckingham Palace as they remember the atrocities

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28th January 2023
King Charles III and Queen Camilla marked Holocaust Memorial Day by hosting an audience at Buckingham Palace on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. During the event, Their Majesties received two survivors of genocide and members of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. They heard firsthand about the survivor’s experiences and the ongoing work…
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King Charles III

How much of the Crown Estate King Charles is expected to divert to 'public good'

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20th January 2023
King Charles has asked for a surge in profits from £1 billion worth of six new offshore Crown State wind farms to be used for “wider public good.” The Royal Household’s public funding is based on 25% of Crown Estate profits. The Crown Estate is an independently-run commercial business. Profits go to the treasury, which then serves as a benchmark for the level of public…
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Palaces & Buildings

New secrets unveiled at Anne Boleyn's childhood home

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14th January 2023
New information has been unveiled about the history of Hever Castle in Kent, a property once owned by the Boleyn family and Anne of Cleves. Recently, architectural historian and former chief executive of English Heritage, Simon Thurley, researched how the castle was actually built in 1383 for John de Cobham. Initially, it was believed the castle was built nearly 100 years prior, in 1270 for…
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The Edinburghs

Sealed with a £105,000 diamond ring - the engagement and marriage of Prince Edward to Sophie Rhys-Jones

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6th January 2023
On 19 June 1999, Prince Edward, the youngest son of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, married Sophie Rhys-Jones at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The two had met at a tennis event in 1993. They announced their engagement on 6 January 1999. Edward proposed to Sophie with a two-carat oval diamond flanked by two heart-shaped gemstones set in 18 carat white gold. The ring was made by Asprey and…
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