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The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles and Camilla to visit Dumfries House

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27th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh along with The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay (as Charles and Camilla are known whilst in Scotland) are scheduled to visit Dumfries House on Wednesday, 2 July. Built between 1754 and 1759 for the 5th Earl of Dumfries, Dumfries House has remained the same for the past 250 years. The main rooms, furnishings and contents are still as they were when the…
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s renovation of Anmer Hall

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20th May 2014
<![CDATA[It has been reported that Anmer Hall, the country residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has had an estimated renovation of £1.5 million. The Hall is a two hundred-year-old Grade II listed home and is part of The Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Renovation work supposedly began on the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough…
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Palaces & Buildings

A Royal Burial - Frogmore

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2nd May 2014
<![CDATA[ The last post in this series of blogs will be focused on the Frogmore Estate. The estate comprises 33 acres of private gardens within the grounds of Windsor Great Park which adjoins Windsor Castle. It is the location of Frogmore House, a royal retreat; however…
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Queen's Guard steps in during security threat at Palace

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6th April 2014
<![CDATA[A Coldstream Guard who was on duty at Buckingham Palace on Friday was forced to leave his post to intervene in an incident at the North Centre Gate during which a man reportedly tried to gain entry. The report, which comes from The Sun on Sunday describes how the sentry had to intervene when the man’s conduct towards police became increasingly aggressive, having spent 5 minutes…
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King Charles II's house goes up for sale

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19th February 2014
<![CDATA[A house that King Charles II once lived in is being put up for sale for the first time in over 600 years. Malmesbury House, in Cathedral Close Salisbury, was once owned by Charles II. It has now been put up for sale at the 'bargain' price of £5 million. This piece of architectural history was used in for about a year 1665 by the 'Merrie Monarch' to escape a bout of…
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