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Is it time for every country to remove controversial royal statues?

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24th February 2022
In Belgium, a report on decolonisation has recommended that a bronze statue of King Leopold II in Brussels be melted down or removed. This is only the newest in a continual call for controversial statues to be removed, including royal statues. But should these statues be removed and melted down?  In June and July 2021, a statue of Queen Victoria was torn down in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, by…
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Why it's time to start calling Camilla 'The Princess of Wales'

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9th February 2022
I’d love to preface this opinion piece by telling you that the Princess of Wales has just had a busy day of engagements, supporting the St John’s Foundation in Bath in the morning and then hosting a reception in the evening for Team GB equestrians. I’d love to tell you that, but I can’t. I have to tell you that the Duchess of Cornwall did all that, because that’s how we’re still…
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The Duchess of Cornwall shows she is ready to become Queen as she steps up in major speech

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28th October 2021
On Wednesday, the Duchess of Cornwall paid tribute to women who lost their lives to violence by delivering a major speech at the Shameless! Festival – an event aimed at raising awareness of violence against women and girls. As part of the visit, Camilla delivered a rousing speech – one that many royal experts have described as being “the speech of her life.” The Duchess…
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Those who mocked Prince George's expression after agonising Euros defeat cheapen the meaning of 'the beautiful game'

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12th July 2021
Royal Central’s Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, calls out a torrent of abuse directed at Prince George following an agonising defeat for England in the European Championships final at Wembley on Sunday. After the Euro 2020 final match on Sunday, I tweeted a photo of the Cambridge Family when England lost the match to Italy in penalty shootouts. The sadness on little Prince George’s…
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