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Grand National Memories: Devastation for The Queen Mother as she suffers the most heartbreaking defeat in racing history

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9th April 2022
The Queen Mother suffered one of the cruelest defeats in the history of sport when her horse bellyflopped at the finishing line of the Grand National back in 1956. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was a huge horse racing lover, with it being estimated that she had owned more than 500 winners in her lifetime. Over 65-years-ago, Her Majesty was about to achieve what no royal had…
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A royal wedding, decades in the making

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8th April 2022
It was a wedding 35 years in the making for Prince Charles and Camilla. On April 9, 2005 after a royal scandal, a tragic death, forbidden love, two marriages and four children, Charles and Camilla were finally able to tie the knot. But like the years leading up the…
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The Queen's reign in jewels: The Delhi Durbar necklace

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7th April 2022
Throughout her 70 year reign, The Queen has worn hundreds of pieces of jewelery with some making appearances more than others. The Delhi Durbar necklace is perhaps one of the most famous pieces Her Majesty has worn throughout her reign. The Queen has worn it on many important state occasions including the historic State Dinner for the President of the Republic of Ireland in 2014 and during her…
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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen rides by carriage to Trooping the Colour for the first time

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5th April 2022
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many famous moments and milestones. For the first three decades of her rule, Her Majesty rode at Trooping the Colour and the year that she decided to start attending by carriage instead caused huge debate. The famous ceremony traces its history to the time when the colour of a regiment was trooped for soldiers so they could become accustomed to it and…
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Milestones of a Monarch: Farewell to Hong Kong

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1st April 2022
It was a colonial conquest that was supposed to be as “good as forever” but after more than 150 years of rule, at midnight on July 1, 1997, Britain handed over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong became part of the British Empire after the First Opium War in 1842. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Britain was able to pressure China to expand the area of British Rule to…
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