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The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29th 1981 for her marriage to the then Prince of Wales remain among the most recognizable of royal flowers, four decades after they were first seen. For a start…

There are some names that just scream royal – George, Edward, Elizabeth, Anne. Kings and queens have a tendency to keep it in the family when it comes to christening their offspring and so a certain quota of names have become associated with royalty. Alphonso isn’t one of them but for over a decade, it was actually the name of England’s heir to the throne and one of the most regal names in…

For a brief period on Monday, lasting around half an hour, the United Kingdom will be without a Prime Minister as Sir Keir Starmer resigns before Andy Burnham is appointed by King Charles III. Sir Keir will formally tender his resignation to The King during a private audience at Buckingham Palace, leaving the office of Prime Minister vacant until Mr Burnham is invited to form a new…

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in England for the first time in almost 1,000 years, marking one of the most significant cultural loans ever agreed between Britain and France. The extraordinary 11th-century embroidery, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, was transported across the Channel under tight security before arriving at the British Museum in London, where it…