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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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What is so magical about royal weddings?

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29th April 2020
They are filled with tradition and part of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time and society change around it. In the first of a special summer series, Lydia Starbuck…
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In four minutes of carefully chosen words, The Queen spoke of the reality we face while reminding us hope will prevail

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5th April 2020
I’ll admit it, I shed a tear. I think the Queen’s address to the nation and to the Commonwealth as the coronavirus pandemic continued moved many. For in four minutes of carefully chosen words, Her Majesty spoke the reality that envelopes our lives while reminding us all that hope will prevail. Rightly, her message began and continued with praise for all those working so bravely on the NHS…
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