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Could The Queen have found her 2023 Derby horse? Excitement builds over promising two-year-old colt

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19th August 2022
The Queen may have found a live contender for the Epsom Derby in 2023, with the picture due to become clearer over the weekend. Desert Hero, trained by William Haggas in Newmarket, is declared to run in the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The race is known for attracting stars of the future, with the winners often going on to have very impressive careers, many running in the…
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The exotic precedent set by a Monarch for appointing a Prime Minister away from Buckingham Palace

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16th August 2022
As the Queen prepares to appoint the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign, the question of where she will welcome them is much discussed. Her Majesty is now in Balmoral for her annual summer break but is understood to be planning to return to London to accept Boris Johnson’s resignation and then ask his successor, chosen by the Conservative party, to form a new government. However, there is…
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A Duchess's trip to honour her mother

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4th August 2022
No one knew it at the time but on August 4th 1900, a woman who would change the course of royal history had made her debut. The birth of a daughter to Claude and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon didn’t trouble the papers of the day one jot. But as baby Elizabeth, later queen and…
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Historic tiaras and gems highlighted in special event from the Royal Collection Trust

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29th July 2022
The Royal Collection Trust has held an online talk to offer royal watchers a behind-the-scenes look at The Queen’s impressive jewellery collection. On Thursday, 28 July, the RCT held “Royal Jewels: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration”. Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art, Caroline de Guitaut, and British Vogue Contributing Editor, Carol Woolton, met at St. James’s Palace to…
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The wedding gown of Princess Muna al-Hussein

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27th July 2022
On 25 May 1961, British-born Toni Avril Gardiner married King Hussein of Jordan as his second wife. The wedding took place in the Zahran Palace in Amman and was followed by a procession through the city. Toni, who took on the name Princess Muna al-Hussein after her wedding, wore a wedding dress by British designer Ronald Paterson. It was a cream-coloured silk gown embroidered with diamonds…
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