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Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco expected to take baccalaureate regional exams at public school

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3rd June 2019
Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan of Morocco, 16, is expected to take his baccalaureate regional exams at a public school, according to Moroccan media. It was reported that His Royal Highness would take exams at the Dar Essalam public high school, according to anonymous sources speaking to Al Ayam newspaper. Officials have visited the school in preparation for the future king’s attendance. Embed…
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Was Queen Victoria a Victorian?

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31st May 2019
Was Queen Victoria a Victorian? The question is a complex and fascinating one to answer. In the immediate response, Victoria would seem to typify what it meant to be ‘Victorian’ because her long reign straddled the nineteenth century, and the age was accordingly…
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Queen Victoria's Children's Story: The Adventures of Alice Laselles

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27th May 2019
Aged 10 ¾ years old, Princess Victoria composed a story. This delightful children’s tale, written by the future Queen, survives in its own little red ‘Composition’ notebook in the Royal Archives. To understand how it was made and the full significance of it, we need only look at the age of the princess when she wrote it. I surmise that if it was written at the age of ten and three-quarter…
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Tea and Queen Victoria

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20th May 2019
Queen Victoria is for many, synonymous with the notion of afternoon tea, probably because the social ceremony became properly established during the later years of her reign. The Queen’s evident love of tea, however, reaches back much further than this elegant ritual.
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The History of the Dukedom of Sussex

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19th May 2019
It’s been used once before and yet we’ve all been talking about it for months as if it were a royal regular. After a gap of almost two centuries, we have a new Duke of Sussex. The Queen has granted that title to Prince Harry who becomes just the second man to hold the dukedom while his bride, Meghan Markle, is the first ever Duchess of Sussex. As we celebrate the Royal Wedding and this royal…
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History of Royal Titles: HRH and Prince/Princess

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18th May 2019
One of the primary things that shows a member of the Royal Family’s status is their title and style. The title is the part which precedes their name and the style is what determines how one addresses the royal. Royal titles haven’t always been as they are now. The title of Prince/Princess has meant different things over the years too! It was during George I’s reign that the title…
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