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The man to have a long-lasting bond with the royal family

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9th July 2022
Some may have heard of Sir Allan Frederick “Tommy” Lascelles, or some may have not. Perhaps you know him as just Tommy. He was a British courtier and civil servant who would come to have a long-lasting bond with the royal family.Born 11 April 1887 in the village of Sutton Waldron in Dorset, Tommy was the youngest out of his five other siblings. As the only surviving son of…
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Why didn't Queen Victoria have a Silver Jubilee?

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9th July 2022
Victoria was the monarch who invented jubilees as we know them. The celebrations of 1887 and 1897 are among the most famous events of royal history and helped shape her legacy. But our modern minds assume there must also have been a silver version, for that is the pattern we…
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The wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the tragedy that changed their lives forever

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8th July 2022
It was a quiet country affair, far removed from the pomp and ceremony we’ve come to expect from royal weddings. The setting was an English parish church, the regal guest list only filled a couple of pews, and the bride walked in several minutes late carrying her own train to protect it from the rain. The marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, on 8 July 1972, was a royal wedding with a…
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Did the Jubilee booing prove to be the beginning of the end for Boris Johnson?

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5th July 2022
It’s only a month since the Jubilee but it seems the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s reign could be about to produce an unexpected legacy. The political career of Boris Johnson is teetering on the brink this evening and as Her Majesty contemplates the possibility of appointing the 15th Prime Minister of her rule, could it be that her Jubilee was the beginning of the…
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Wimbledon fashion through the years: The Duchess of Cambridge

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4th July 2022
Wimbledon 2022 is here, and many are looking forward to the Duchess of Cambridge taking over the Duke of Kent’s responsibilities. After five decades as president of Wimbledon, the Duke passed the role onto the Duchess, who is already the patron of Wimbledon’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC).With her new role, we will likely see a lot more of the Duchess at the…
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