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How Queen Victoria nurtured the Chelsea Flower Show into a highlight of the British social calendar

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22nd May 2023
One of Queen Victoria’s great loves was horticulture and gardening, and throughout her long reign, she used the symbolism of flowers to express her love for Prince Albert. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that Victoria was one of the Chelsea Flower Show’s biggest supporters in the early days of the event, and is largely responsible for the show becoming the grand occasion that it is…
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Plumpton - a tiny village in Sussex with huge royal connections

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14th May 2023
Nestled in the East Sussex countryside six miles north of Brighton is the idyllic village of Plumpton. With little more than 1,000 residents, the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, although its connection with royalty is fairly modern. During her childhood, Queen Camilla called Plumpton home having grown up in her father’s 18th century house. The Queen’s father, Major Bruce…
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Coronations and kings - how it all began

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5th May 2023
Within hours, King Charles III’s Coronation takes place at Westminster Abbey. On the eve of this truly historic moment, Royal Central looks at the first time a king was crowned in the ancient church and the very moment a tradition about to claim a place in the 21st…
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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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5th May 2023
One of the most recognisable and iconic moments in The Queen’s historic 70-year reign was her 1953 Coronation. It was the first televised Coronation and was watched by 27 million people in the United Kingdom, with millions more watching from around the world. Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne upon her father’s death on 6 February 1952. King George VI had only reigned for fifteen…
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A Coronation souvenir for all the family

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5th May 2023
If the china souvenir mug is being kept away from the kids to stop breakages and the tea towels have been put away so they don’t get dirty, there’s one Coronation souvenir which all the family might just be allowed to touch. Enter Top Trumps. The fun filled…
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The Coronation of the first King of the House of Windsor

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5th May 2023
King George V and Queen Mary, like King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, were crowned as King and Queen of the United Kingdom (and Dominions) and as Emperor and Empress of India. Their 1911 coronation was luckily less eventful than that of George’s parents. George came to the throne following his father’s death on 6 May 1910. The couple had been very involved with his parents’…
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