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The royal touch at the World Cup Final

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14th June 2018
The World Cup is about to get underway in Russia with the England squad now at their training camp with royal backing after the Duke of Cambridge visited them ahead of their departure for the competition. We know there will be no Windsor representation in the VIP stands this time around, but royals and the contest have a long history. Three European monarchs have done the honours and handed over…
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Banbury Cross and a Royal Wedding

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11th June 2018
Banbury Cross is of course, synonymous with local Oxfordshire folklore for many, because of the popular rhyme which has a ‘fine lady’ riding to it on her cockhorse. Indeed, this is the main reason why many people know of the existence of the Cross at all. Far less known…
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Prince Philip has had 97-years of collecting the wonderful and unusual

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10th June 2018
Somewhere behind the closed doors of the Royal Residences lays the Duke of Edingburgh’s vast and unusual collections. Prince Philip has had 97-years to build his collections, and without a doubt, he has some of the best. As a child, the Duke recalled first collecting penknives. That collection has now graduated to art and cartoons. A frequent topic of royal cartoons, the Duke of Edinburgh is…
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