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Your chance to visit Frogmore House, Windsor

Frogmore House, royal residence and regal wedding venue of choice for the Windsors, is throwing open its doors to visitors. The famous building at Windsor will be open for three charity days at the end of May this year. The visits are part of the annual charity garden open days. This year they fall on May 28th, 29th and 30th and support three different organisations – the National Garden…
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New TV series on Empress Sisi planned

Eternally beautiful, eternally tragic, the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Sisi, continues to fascinate, over a hundred years after her death. And now the story of this groundbreaking royal is to hit TV screens in a new production. The new version will be an adaptation of the…
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Who was 'Boppy'? Queen Victoria's nurse, Mrs Brock

Whilst researching for a forthcoming academic article on Louisa Louis, the devoted dresser to Princess Charlotte of Wales (1771-1838) who was deeply valued by Queen Victoria, I encountered the name of Mrs Brock. She belongs to that fascinating roll-call of characters that claim a connection with Queen Victoria, who have become all-but historically invisible and are normally banished to the realms…
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Queen Victoria's April Royal Babies

If you think royal baby mania is a new thing, think again. For centuries, the arrival of a regal bundle of joy has got plenty of people talking. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert kept the papers and the people happy for the best part of two decades as they went about building a family of nine princes and princesses. And one month saw them welcome more bundles of joy than any other – April. The…
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Patronage Spotlight: The Duchess of Cambridge and East Anglia's Children's Hospices

A spotlight on royal support and patronages. Today we start a new series as Chief Reporter Kristin Contino explores some of the patronages of the British royal family. We’ll discuss the work they do, what it’s like working with a royal patron, and the impact these patrons have made on the various organisations.  Supporting the wellbeing of children has always been one of the major…
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