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The Queen celebrates her best racing season in over 70 years with a trip to Ascot Racecourse

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16th October 2021
The Queen visited Ascot Racecourse on Saturday to watch Champions Day – a meeting where the very best racehorses meet to crown the champions of the turf. Saturday marked the end of the ‘core’ flat season, with the champion jockey being crowned, and attention now starting to shift to jumps racing. 2021 has been the most successful season for The Queen ever – with the…
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BelgiumFeatures

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde jump aboard the art train

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15th October 2021
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have jumped aboard the art train. The royal couple opened Europalia, an annual art exhibition at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels.  Being officially inaugurated on Thursday, 14 October, the exhibition will be accessible until 15 May 2022 for the public to enjoy.  The topic selected for this edition is Trains and Tracks (the title…
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Platinum Plans: a billion strong audience for ''the biggest Jubilee event ever''

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9th October 2021
We’re now less than four months away from the moment Elizabeth II makes history and becomes the only British Monarch to rule for seven decades. While the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s historic reign falls on February 6th 2022, events are planned across the UK and the Commonwealth throughout the year with the biggest celebrations taking place over the Platinum Jubilee weekend in…
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DenmarkFeatures

A queen's reign told in sparkling jewels

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7th October 2021
A special exhibition marking the historic reign of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark through jewellery will open as her Golden Jubilee celebrations get under way. The display, called ”A Queen’s Jewellery Box, 50 years on the throne told in jewellery”, will…
BelgiumFeatures

Who is Prince Emmanuel of Belgium?

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4th October 2021
October is a month of royal birthdays, and two of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s children celebrate their arrival into the world this month.  Prince Emmanuel of Belgium is the first birthday of the month. His Royal Highness was born on the 4th of…
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Prince John - the forgotten son of the House of Windsor

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3rd October 2021
Almost 103 years ago, Prince John of the United Kingdom died from a severe seizure. John was the fifth son and the youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary. Prince John was born at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate on 12 July 1905. Much of his early life was spent on the Sandringham estate with his siblings, Prince Albert (Bertie, later George VI), Princess Mary, Prince…
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