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Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England – is it so hard to get it right?

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13th May 2021
I am a bit of a stickler for the correct usage of styles and titles. So it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when these are used improperly. The main one that bugs me is calling Elizabeth II, Queen of England. That bothers me because “Queen of England” is not her correct title! Her correct title, simplified here, is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England has…
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Review: The Last Days of Diana

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12th May 2021
Even over two decades after her death, Diana, Princess of Wales fascinates people to this day. This year, Diana would have turned 60 on 1 July, so many documentaries and programmes are being released to mark the occasion throughout the year.Coming later this month, The…
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The Sussexes and Wessexes show that royalty is a tradition, not a trade - reinventing it never succeeds

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12th May 2021
While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to leave the UK for America might seem like a royal first to many, the discussions of leaving ‘The Firm’ have been held more frequently, and more recently, than you may expect.On the face of it, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Earl and Countess of Wessex may not appear to be too similar in their personal circumstances. But if we…
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Why isn't Zara Tindall a Princess?

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9th May 2021
One question which has been asked over the years is why Zara Tindall, like her brother, Peter Phillips, does not have a royal title, unlike their royal cousins. They are neither prince nor princess and don’t have the style of HRH in front of their names.Their mother, Princess Anne, is the second child of Her Majesty The Queen and the late Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. However, only…
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The Windsor Week

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8th May 2021
The House of Windsor is returning to some kind of normality after the sadness of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and the mourning period that followed his passing on April 9th 2021. The past week has seen several high profile engagements as well as a string of other…
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Atlantic Crossing - Fact vs Fiction - a series full of mistakes that many viewers will simply accept as facts

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7th May 2021
Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar Aanmoen, who is based in Oslo, talks us through the inaccuracies contained within Atlantic Crossing – an eight-part series looking at the plight of the Norwegian Crown Princess during World War II.Atlantic Crossing is now airing on PBS in the United States and Canada. It is an eight-part mini-series, looking at the Crown Princess of…
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