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A first look at The Queen's Christmas Broadcast

Ahead of The Queen’s annual Christmas broadcast will be broadcast on Christmas Day, Buckingham Palace has released a short preview in which Her Majesty admits it has been a “bumpy year.” The 2019 Christmas broadcast was filmed in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle and was produced by the BBC. In her annual address to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, The Queen…
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All the Queen's lockets

Lockets form an important part in Queen Victoria’s personal jewellery. The first of these lockets was given to the baby Princess Victoria and the last mentions of them occur at the end of her life. Like any object, therefore, they tell a life story in a new way. In briefly…
British RoyalsFeatures

A Royal Christmas - and some very unusual photographs

They’re the photos everyone is talking about. As Christmas approaches, the Queen has been seen with her three direct heirs in some special portraits for the season (see them all on our special post here). But have they hit the festive mark? Join Brittani Barger, Moniek Bloks and Lydia Starbuck as they talk about what makes a really good royal Christmas portrait. They also look ahead to…
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The Royal 2010s: the royals we lost (2015-2019)

Please note that we have only included royals from currently reigning royal families, those who actually reigned but were then exiled or exiled/mediatised royals who married a royal from a reigning family. 2015Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria Carlos was the last Infante…
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The Royal 2010s: the royals we lost (2010-2014)

Please note that we have only included royals from currently reigning royal families, those who actually reigned but were then exiled or exiled/mediatised royals who married a royal from a reigning family. 2010Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma was the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne, and he was already divorced from his wife, Princess Irene of the Netherlands…
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Who is Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan?

As it was just announced that the Queen of Bhutan is expecting her second child, we are taking a look at the Queen consort. Ashi (the equivalent of Lady) Jetsun Pema was born on 4 June 1990 to Dhondup Gyaltshen and Sonam Choki as the second of their five children in…
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Mike and Zara Tindall attend 13th Emeralds and Ivy Ball

Mike and Zara Tindall attended the 13th Emeralds and Ivy Ball in London on Saturday. Dressed to the nines in a floor-length metallic gown, The Queen’s granddaughter and her dapper husband, dressed in a tuxedo, rubbed shoulders with celebrity host, Ronan Keating and his wife, Storm. [getty src=”1188743383″ width=”396″ height=”594″] The event was…
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