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The Royal Central Podcast: are we turning the royals into puppets?

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27th September 2019
This week’s podcast is all about happy news and serious questions. Our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, shares her thoughts on a revealing interview by one of Europe’s most popular princesses while our Assistant Editor, Moniek Bloks, reveals what it was like to see some of the most poignant royal events of recent times up close and personal. Desk Editor, Lydia Starbuck, discusses the impact of…
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The Many Mistresses of King Edward VII

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26th September 2019
King Edward VII’s reign was relatively short, lasting from January 1901 to 1910. Although he is often cited as the (now) second longest serving Prince of Wales, Edward was infamously known for his love life rather than his time as king. He had several notable mistresses…
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The Sussexes in Southern Africa: Day Four Diary

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26th September 2019
Day four of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour sees the first official engagements outside South Africa as Prince Harry begins his duties in Botswana. And there will be more focus on an issue close to Meghan’s heart as her agenda continues in Cape Town. Here’s what to expect from Day Four of the Sussexes in southern Africa. Back to Nature Harry’s first engagement in Botswana is at…
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Diana, Landmines and the HALO Trust

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22nd September 2019
Ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour of South Africa later this month, Royal Central looks back at the work Diana, Princess of Wales did with the Halo Trust in Angola. It was the 15th of January 1997, and Diana, Princess of Wales was nervous. She’d swapped her usual glamorous dresses and tailored suits for a pair of chinos and body armour. Ten years earlier, she’d seen how…
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Vienna to Versailles: inside the bridal procession of Marie Antoinette

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20th September 2019
Earlier this week, Elizabeth Jane Timms took Royal Central readers into the heart of the story of how Marie Antoinette became a royal bride. Now she continues the story of her bridal procession, which took Marie Antoinette from Vienna to Versailles….. The first stop was the great Benedictine baroque abbey of Melk above the Danube. According to Antonia Fraser’s biography of Marie Antoinette…
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