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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen makes first UN speech more than 50 years

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20th May 2022
In June 2010, The Queen addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations for the first time since 1957. The seven-minute speech touched on The Queen’s first visit, decades earlier when the United Nations was still a young organisation itself. During the speech, Her Majesty said: “When I was first here, there were just three United Nations operations overseas. Now over…
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Silver casket believed to have been owned by Mary, Queen of Scots on display

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20th May 2022
The silver casket believed to have been owned by Mary, Queen of Scots, is now on display in Hawthornden Court at the National Museum of Scotland. Made in Paris probably between 1493 and 1510, the casket is an extremely rare work of early French silver. Even in France, very little French silver is known to survive. Those at the National Museum of Scotland say there’s a chance the casket…
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Milestones of a Monarch: Devolution across the UK

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19th May 2022
As Royal Central continues to highlight important moments during Her Majesty’s reign and all of the key moments, perhaps it is one of the most significant changes to power during The Queen’s 70-year-reign, the devolution of the United Kingdom. Devolution is the…
British Royals

Platinum Jubilee: The Royal Windsor Horse Show gets underway with a bang as Jubilee celebrations pick up

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13th May 2022
As celebrations pick up ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend, The Royal Windsor Horse Show is underway. The Royal Windsor horse show has four competitions, International Show Jumping, The Land Rover International Driving Grand Prix, International Endurance, and Showing. In addition to the competitions, this year the horse show is hosting a Platinum Jubilee Celebration. The celebration is…
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Milestones of a Monarch: A controversial state visit to Yugoslavia

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11th May 2022
In October 1972, nearly a little over 20 years into her record-breaking reign, The Queen made history as she made her first state visit to a communist country, Yugoslavia. Dictator Marshal Josip Broz Tito personally asked Her Majesty to come in honour of his 80th birthday. During the visit, she was accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their daughter, then-22-year-old Princess…
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