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Diana Statue: An In Depth Look at the New Memorial To Diana

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1st July 2021
On Thursday 1 July, 2021, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, and members of the Spencer family gathered in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace to unveil a statue in honour of the late Princess of Wales. Thursday would have been her 60th birthday, and the two brothers commissioned artist Ian Rank-Broadley in 2017 to create the statue.[getty src=”1233751302&#8243…
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The birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales

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1st July 2021
It’s the place where one of the most famous royal stories of the 20th century began. Park House, on the Sandringham Estate, was the birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales.Diana was born there on July 1st 1961. Her parents, then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp…
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Diana, 60 Years: The church where Diana was christened

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1st July 2021
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born on this day in 1961. On 30 August of that year, she was christened in St Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham, a place of worship that has enjoyed a long relationship with the Royal Family she would later join.Let’s take a look at the history of this historic church.St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham is listed as a Grade II building, meaning that…
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Royal Palaces: Marie-Antoinette's Grove at Versailles restored

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30th June 2021
The infamous French queen, Marie-Antoinette, left her mark on the Palace of Versailles in many different ways. She is closely associated with the Petit Trianon, a Neoclassical chateau on the Versailles grounds, where she would escape from the formality and treachery of court. Another of her favourite spaces has been restored over the last two years; the Queen’s Grove is now open to the public…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Princess Margaretha of Sweden and John Ambler

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30th June 2021
The Royal Family of Sweden does love a June wedding. The majority of their modern marriages have taken place in the month and June comes to an end with another Swedish royal wedding anniversary. Princess Margaretha, the eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married businessman John Ambler on June 30th 1964 in a ceremony strikingly different from those of her sisters. Let’s rewind to the…
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