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The dramatic wedding that led to one of the most controversial royal marriages of all

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29th January 2022
We all love a groom who cries as his bride walks towards him, and when it’s a royal groom, it’s even better. However, rewind a couple of centuries, and a weeping prince at the altar was no laughing matter. For when George, Prince of Wales and king in waiting wed Caroline of Brunswick on 8 April 1795 the tears of the groom were a public demonstration of his unhappiness in a marriage…
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Death of a King: George III

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29th January 2022
He remains Britain’s longest ruling king but the real character of the monarch whose reign ended two centuries ago remains shrouded by the long standing claim that he was mad. George III, whose time on the throne encompassed some of the biggest social changes seen in…
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Before they were royal: The life of Princess Charlene of Monaco

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25th January 2022
Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco stepped into the shoes of one of the most legendary women in history, bearing her title and serving Monaco as their first lady just as she did. Nearly six years following the succession of Prince Albert II to his father’s throne, Charlene Lynette Wittstock married and became royalty. Thirty-three years before her wedding day…
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Will Platinum Jubilee year produce a new generation of Elizabeths?

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18th January 2022
It was one of the most used baby names of the 20th century but fell from favour as a new millennium dawned. However, interest in the Platinum Jubilee has led to claims that a whole new generation of Elizabeths are about to make their dedbuts. New research from a leading parenting website indicates that 2022 could see a rise in the number of parents choosing the name, or one of its many…
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A little house and one of the 20th century's most popular royals

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17th January 2022
It was a quiet country house, described by several who knew it as ‘’little’’ and a ‘’pied a terre’, given as a wedding present to a royal couple who were expected to linger on the fringes of regal life. Yet on July 2nd 1903, it became the birthplace of one of the most popular and celebrated monarchs of the 20th century. For it was at Appleton House, on the Sandringham Estate, that…
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