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Catherine the Great is back on screen: a new season of The Great premieres

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22nd November 2021
The second season of The Great from Hulu has premiered in the United States and Canada and will be premiering in the United Kingdom on 5 December. The popular period drama is a fictional take on Catherine the Great’s early reign. The Great was written by Tony McNamara, an Australian playwright and author, who also wrote the screenplay for the 2018 film The Favourite. The Favourite featured…
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Who signed the register at The Queen and Prince Philip's wedding?

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20th November 2021
It was the beginning of a royal chapter which would make history time and time again. Today, The Queen marks its anniversary as a widow for the first time. It will be a poignant day, of sadness and of memories.On November 20th 1947, the ceremony which joined Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip as wife and husband was described by one of the clergy involved as ”in all essentials, exactly…
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What happened to the Greek monarchy?

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18th November 2021
Greece is a democratic republic that carefully balances a history that dates back to the 12th century BC and a push for modernisation.But if we take a look back about 55 years, we would see a much different picture. Following the tragedy that was World War II…
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Victoria, Albert, Elizabeth and Philip to take their places in historic line up

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18th November 2021
The Royal Albert Hall has commissioned life-size sculptures of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, as well as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations.The Royal Albert Hall announced that the new sculptures have been commissioned by artists who were supported by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, which supports British craftsman.“As well as…
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The Royal Family's Christening Traditions

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17th November 2021
The Prince of Wales will return from his trip to the Middle East with bottles of water from the River Jordan, gifted to him during his stay and with a rather special place in the traditions of the House of Windsor. For royal babies have been christened with water taken from…
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Prince Charles plans for the future as he collects water from the River Jordan

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17th November 2021
The Prince of Wales is bringing back several bottles of water from the River Jordan from his visit to the Middle EastPrince Charles arrived in Jordan on November 16th 2021 for his first overseas tour since the pandemic and one of his early stops on the trip was the spot on the river where it is believed that Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist. Following his time there, in which he knelt by…
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