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Royal Mistresses: Alice Keppel

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22nd August 2021
Born 29 April 1868, Alice Frederica Keppel (née Edmonstone) was a British society hostess and a long-time mistress and confidante of King Edward VII. Born in Woolwich Dockyard, Kent, Alice’s father was the Superintendent at the Dockyard and a retired admiral in the Royal Navy. Her grandfather was a former governor of the Ionian Islands.[getty src=”2629906&#8243…
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Royal Mistresses: Louise de Kérouaille

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11th August 2021
Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth was born 5 September 1649 and is the daughter of Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kéroualle and Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur. Nobles in Brittany, France, the family name is derived from an heriess whom an ancester François de Penhoët married in 1330.[getty src=”51243695″ width=”482&#8243…
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The Duchess of Sussex at 40: A new life

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4th August 2021
Rachel Meghan Markle was born on 4 August in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. The daughter of a TV lighting director, and a makeup artist, many wouldn’t have expected Meghan to start a completely new life in England and become the Duchess of Sussex.After graduating from Northwestern University in 2003, Meghan began to pursue her acting career. Working as a freelance calligrapher…
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The Duchess of Sussex at 40: Meghan's childhood

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4th August 2021
Rachel Meghan Markle was born 4 August 1981 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. The only child of an African American mother, Doria Ragland (b. 1956), and a white-American father, Thomas Markle (b.1944), Meghan grew up in what was considered a prosperous part of Los…
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Peter Phillips reveals sadness at not being able to hug The Queen after Prince Philip's death

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3rd August 2021
Nearly four months after the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest, Peter Phillips has revealed how he coped with the funeral. The eldest grandchild of The Queen said images of Her Majesty sitting alone at Prince Philip’s funeral became a very relatable moment for many during the pandemic.Peter, the son of Anne, Princess Royal said many families who lost someone during the global health…
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