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A festoon of diamonds that just made a star appearance at a glittering royal event

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16th July 2025
The King and Queen were joined by several other senior royals for the French State Banquet at Windsor Castle. Both the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Gloucester were on hand to help support the King, and both women wore long time favourite tiaras.The Princess Royal chose the Diamond Festoon Tiara, a long-standing piece in her personal collection. Historians believe that the delicate…
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How Prince Philip broke royal protocol at a state banquet to to comfort a wounded woman

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8th July 2025
Following the death of Lord Tebbit on Tuesday at the age of 94, a story has resurfaced highlighting Prince Philip’s quiet compassion towards the politician’s wife, Margaret, during one of the most difficult periods of their lives.In 1984, shortly after the Brighton bombing that left Lady Tebbit severely injured and paralysed, the couple attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. It was…
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The princess you've probably never heard of who helped make Wimbledon a royal favourite

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6th July 2025
We’re used to seeing royals at Wimbledon with the Princess of Wales now patron of the All England Club. But rewind nine decades and another royal was a familiar face there. A princess known to her family as Thora regularly cropped up on the Pathe newsreels of the time presenting trophies and cheering on the tennis stars of the day. This granddaughter of Queen Victoria was a good sport and she…
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The English queens of France

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5th July 2025
On an August day, over 500 years ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, was promised in marriage to the French king, Louis XII. She would wed him several months later. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in Northern France transformed Mary into the Queen of…
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King Charles visibly moved as he sees new memorial to Queen Elizabeth II

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3rd July 2025
The King appeared visibly moved as he took part in a special service to dedicate a new memorial to Queen Elizabeth II.King Charles and Queen Camilla were at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh to see a new stone commemorating the late Monarch.The tribute, set into the floor of St. Giles, is placed near the spot where Elizabeth II’s coffin rested just before it left her Scottish…
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