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The day Westminster Abbey became the go to royal wedding venue for the House of Windsor

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27th February 2022
When Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in 1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a man with no royal title.  She had given up her own HRH to become his wife. Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, second daughter of Victoria’s third son, the Duke of Connaught, walked into Westminster Abbey on February 27th…
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Between myth and legend: the day will come and the kingdom shall fall

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24th February 2022
In 1938, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, cousin to King George V, wrote in his memoirs: “Monarchy can never die out in England, whatever its fate in other countries. It is too deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.” Perhaps this is a truth that only time will reveal, but the monarchy’s future does not lie with the people of England at all; instead, its survival is…
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New stamps for the Platinum Jubilee show The Queen's 70 year reign

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21st February 2022
New stamps marking The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are now winging their way around the world as they come into use. The eight stamps, released in the month that Her Majesty became the first British Monarch to rule for 70 years, are on sale at Post Offices around the UK and have already been used on millions of letters. They show The Queen at eight points in her historic reign, with the…
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Is it time for The Queen to start taking titles away when scandal hits her family?

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18th February 2022
Over the last five years, commentators and royal watchers everywhere have asked: should The Queen start taking titles away from royals who err? While it is not a clear cut case, it is not necessarily as unthinkable as it once was.  Many people have called for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to lose their titles after stepping back from working royal life in January 2020. I don’t believe that…
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