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Is The Queen about to appoint a backbench MP as Prime Minister?

Charlie Proctor explains why The Queen could soon be appointing her 15th Prime Minister, and it might not be one of the usual suspects. Boris Johnson has only been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in that time he has already broken a political record, not that it is an accolade he wanted to achieve. After only 11 days in office, the new PM lost a by-election faster than…
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Jeffrey Epstein found dead in prison cell

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has died in prison. According to the BBC, the disgraced financier killed himself in his Manhattan cell just a few hours after new court documents were opened. Epstein was facing federal sex trafficking charges in New York. His…
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A look at the Jordanian line of succession

Continuing our summer series on the lines of succession to the world’s monarchies, we are looking at the line of succession to the Jordanian throne, which operates under agnatic primogeniture. Specifically, the line of succession is governed by Article 28 of the Constitution of Jordan. Only mentally sound men who are Muslim who were born to Muslim parents and are legitimate descendants of…
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Tombs of Kings of England not in England

Outside of the traditional burial sites of Westminster Abbey and St George’s Chapel, Windsor, some English (and British) monarchs are missing. The tomb of King John resides in the chancel at Worcester Cathedral, not far from the chantry that contains the grave of the son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII’s elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales. That of King Edward II is also one…
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The grave of Anne Boleyn

The new memorial that has been erected in front of the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula on Tower Green marks the spot ‘identified’ in the Victorian period as being the site of the scaffold, which may have been a misunderstanding of the Tower’s geography in proportion to…
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Tributes are paid to royal reporter Kjell Arne Totland who has died aged 74

Tributes have been paid to royal reporter Kjell Arne Totland who has died at the age of 74 following a short illness. Totland, who was royal correspondent for Norwegian TV station TV 2, regularly appeared in the media across the globe to offer commentary on The Royal Family of Norway, as well as royals from across Europe. The respected broadcaster and journalist died in the early hours of…
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