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The sad anniversary that has given the Duke of Kent a place in the royal record books

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25th August 2022
The Duke of Kent is marking a poignant anniversary as he becomes the first person in recorded history to hold a dukedom for eighty years. Prince Edward, 86, became Duke of Kent on August 25th 1942 at the age of six when his father was killed in a plane crash. He has now held his title for eight decades, easily the longest that anyone has ever been a royal duke. It is a moment of deep…
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The four weddings of King Hussein

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16th August 2022
As we prepare for Princess Iman of Jordan’s wedding, we look at the weddings of her grandfather King Hussein, who was famously married four times. Embed from Getty Images Three years after his accession to the throne, King Hussein’s first wife was Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, who was also his distant cousin. Dina was born on 15 December 1929 in Egypt. She met her future husband in…
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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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The mysterious beginnings of a famous queen consort

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4th August 2022
She lived most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet one very basic detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no one is really sure exactly where Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was born. And no one did more to get people guessing than the Queen Mum herself. In 1980, as preparations were under way for her eightieth birthday celebrations, a Clarence House press officer was asked to…
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Queen Mary's starring role at the festival that would inspire the Commonwealth Games

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28th July 2022
In the sunny days of 1911, all eyes were on one royal. Queen Mary had been consort for just over a year and was now accompanying her husband to a major event that would begin a summer of celebrations for their Coronation. Mary was the leading figure at the Festival of Empire which would include a sporting competition that would turn, eventually, into the Commonwealth Games. And, just as some of…
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