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The Queen's controversial style pick for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales

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1st March 2019
When Queen Elizabeth II invested her eldest son Prince Charles with the title of Prince of Wales in a ceremony on 1 July 1969 at Caernarfon Castle in Wales, it was the latest in a storied and solemn show of monarchy and there were absolutely no complaints about the affair. Well, unless you count the eternal controversy that surrounds fashion at royal events. This time, it was the Queen who was…
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Poetry and the Tsarina?

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27th February 2019
Included amongst the works read as a young woman by Princess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918), were – according to letters that she wrote to her eldest sister, Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg – Guizot’s Reformation de la Litterature…
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The Queen appoints new members to the Order of the Garter

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27th February 2019
It is the oldest Order of Chivalry in Britain, linking the 21st century with the medieval era and today it got new members. Buckingham Palace has announced that the Order of the Garter is to welcome two new appointments. Dame Mary Peters, the Olympic gold medallist who has gone on to help thousands of young people into sport, is made a Lady Companion of the Order. The Marquess of Salisbury, who…
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The Favourite scoops just one Oscar

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25th February 2019
Olivia Colman has won the Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 91st Academy Awards for her part as Queen Anne in The Favourite. She picked up her first Academy Award at the ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre. Colman walked away with The Favourite‘s…
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Five royal roles that won Oscars

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24th February 2019
The Academy Awards take place in Hollywood tonight with Olivia Colman in the running for Best Actress for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite. If the British star does pick up the Oscar (and she has to get past the mighty Glenn Close to do that) then she’ll join…
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'My darling Auntie': Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and Princess Louise

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21st February 2019
Amongst the extensive collection of letters left by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the sixth daughter of Queen Victoria, are at least two from her niece, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). Two of Alexandra’s letters to her aunt were reproduced in the admirable book Darling Loosy, Letters to Princess Louise 1856-1939, ed. Elizabeth Longford (1991). I want to explore these letters and…
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As the Duchess of Cornwall heads to London Fashion Week, a look at the 'Camilla Effect'

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19th February 2019
The Duchess of Cornwall is going FROW on February 19th with a visit to London Fashion Week where she will present the Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design. We’re used to seeing the word duchess and designer in the same sentence and Camilla’s couture isn’t necessarily the reason as the spotlight falls on a younger generation. But as she takes on this major presentation on behalf of the Queen…
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