Opinion

A Royal Christening: Why the Cambridges will forge their own path

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22nd October 2013
On the eve of His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge’s christening – with all of the speculation circulating about godparents and wardrobe choices – I think it’s important to look at the only information we know for sure: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge love to keep us guessing! From the very beginning of their relationship…
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60 seconds with Shyama Perera

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3rd October 2013
Shyama Perera is a weekly newspaper reviewer and social commentator on BBC London and also regularly reviews the newspaper front pages on the BBC News Channel. Shyama also contributes to programmes such as The Jeremy Vine Show and Woman’s hour. On our televisions, we…
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The Queen's Coronation Exhibition at Buckingham Palace

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27th August 2013
Last weekend, Karen Kilrow and I visited the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace. I was looking forward to it, even though I had been some years before. What I was most looking forward to, however, was the new exhibition for 2013, “The Queen’s Coronation 1953”. Coronation Portrait of The Queen painted by Sir Herbert James Gunn The exhibition celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the…
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King George II: A Change from his Father

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24th August 2013
Last week, I wrote about King George I. Click here to read about his life and reign. A bust of King George II Born George Augustus on 30 October 1683 to the future King George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King George II was the last British Monarch to be born outside…
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The First King George

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17th August 2013
In Dublin, a marker stands with King George’s name Although my name prediction for Baby Cambridge was Arthur, I cannot say I was overly shocked that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge named their new-born son George. Because of his birth, I have started to dig deeper…
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Anne Neville - The Bad Queen?

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5th August 2013
Like millions of others last night, I was an avid view of the BBC 1 adaptation of ‘The White Queen’, the reason I choose now to blog on the programme is because of the way Anne Neville was portrayed in last night’s episode. For some unknown reason I never believed Anne Neville to be so uncaring and quite frankly nasty. So I decided to take a look at the life and times of Anne…
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The Many Facets of Prince Harry

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4th August 2013
Prince Harry of Walesphoto credit: Glyn Lowe Photoworks via photopin cc When I think about HRH Prince Harry of Wales, many different words come to mind; words like kind, charming, funny, loyal, and loving. Prince Harry is a man with many different facets, or layers. These…
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The world's most eligible royals

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3rd August 2013
Still waiting to meet the Prince or Princess of your dreams? While the Duke of Cambridge is off the list, there are plenty of other royals who have yet to tie the knot. Could it be you? 14. Her Imperial Highness Princess Noor of Iran The eldest granddaughter of the…
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What will happen to Prince Harry when the royal baby arrives?

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11th July 2013
One of the big questions on everybody’s lips, with the royal baby on its way is, what will happen to Prince Harry? Harry who is currently third in line for the British throne will drop down to fourth. With this there will be less pressure on him as a royal, because it is even more unlikely that he will become King. He can therefore focus more on his military career and charity work, without…
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