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Opinion: ''Hold Still'' is one of the Duchess of Cambridge's most important projects

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15th September 2020
I wasn’t even 20 portraits in before my eyes had welled up. Hold Still, a digital photographic exhibition put together by The Duchess of Cambridge and the National Portrait Gallery, has given us a glimpse of hope in a dark time. Of strength and spirit and how we came together while we stayed apart. In my opinion, this may be one of the most important projects the Duchess of Cambridge has…
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The fall of a once famed king

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11th August 2020
King Juan Carlos I of Spain was once so popular that his approval ratings were the envy of royal Europe. Now, he is spending summer in exile after leaving the country he once ruled under a cloud as allegations about his financial affairs continued. His departure has caused…
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Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England – is it so hard to get it right?

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28th July 2020
I am a bit of a stickler for correct usage of styles and titles. So it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when these are used improperly. The main one that bugs me is calling Elizabeth II, Queen of England. That bothers me because “Queen of England” is not her correct title! Her correct title, simplified here, is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England has not…
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The Duchess of Cambridge's 'friends' urgently need a lesson in self-awareness

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26th May 2020
Royal Central’s Editor Charlie Proctor says friends of the Duchess of Cambridge, who recently gave anonymous media interviews to a magazine, urgently need lessons in self-awareness. A friend of the Duchess of Cambridge has told Tatler magazine this week that HRH feels “exhausted and trapped” by her new “enormous” workload since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit…
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'The King and his husband' - What will we call a King’s Husband or a Queen’s Wife?

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7th May 2020
Around the same time that the UK introduced new succession laws that allowed girls the same rights as boys, the country also passed same sex marriage legislation. But royal laws haven’t caught up with that yet. In the future, as is the case in most European countries, a prince may take a husband and a princess may choose a wife. But when that happens, what title will be bestowed on…
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