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Picture gallery at Buckingham Palace stripped back for first time in almost 45 years

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25th November 2020
Over the past month, Royal Collection Trust staff have been carefully removing some 65 paintings, along with beautiful French furniture created by Adam Weisweiler and Georges Jacob and exquisite Japanese and Chinese porcelain from the Picture Gallery in Buckingham Palace for the first time since 1976 as part of the ten year “Reservicing Programme” which began in spring 2017. A lot of the…
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Two famous royal bridesmaids reveal where their gowns are hidden away

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25th November 2020
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh just celebrated 73 years of marriage last week, and with royal weddings on the brain, one of their bridesmaid’s daughters shared a special memory. India Hicks and her mother Lady Pamela Hicks both served as royal bridesmaids, with India participating in the Wales’s 1981 wedding and Lady Pamela taking part in the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth…
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Princess Charlene shares behind the scenes snaps from National Day

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22nd November 2020
Princess Charlene has shared some behind the scenes snaps from Monaco’s National Day celebrations on Thursday, 19 November, on her official Instagram page. The photos were taken inside the Princely Palace and feature her and Prince Albert’s five-year-old twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, with their proud papa. One post has two photos; Prince Albert is seen with…
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Royal Wedding Flowers: Queen Elizabeth II

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20th November 2020
Royal weddings tend to have a lot in common. They usually take place in huge, historic churches with brides decked in acres of white fabric and heirloom tiaras and grooms in military uniform, followed down the aisle by hoardes of bridesmaids and pageboys. Traditions must be observed while protocols are dug out and dusted down as the familiar pattern of this family celebration turned into a…
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