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Who could Princess Eugenie's wedding dress designer be?

With the second royal wedding of the year less than two weeks away, excitement is starting to build. Of course, one of the most buzzed-about items at a royal wedding is the dress. The designer is never announced until the day, but one detail we know for sure is that Princess Eugenie will wear a British designer. “I’m not telling anyone who is making it, but I can say it is a…
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Queen Victoria's dolls

The wooden dolls of the future Queen Victoria have long been the subject of fascination. Perhaps this is because we are fascinated by something so strongly associated with the childhood of that Queen who to a large extent, still remains in the historical imagination as either the monochrome royal widow or the elderly Queen-Empress of the Golden and Diamond Jubilee. Several of these dolls are…
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The Duchess of Sussex shares a special wedding day secret

We’re already too excited about the new documentary about the Queen set to air on ITV this week and now there’s even more reason to look forward to it. For we’ve just found out that the Duchess of Sussex will be answering one of the questions still being asked about her wedding outfit. In the programme, Meghan reveals just how she gave a nod to the tradition of brides wearing ‘something…
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Who was Empress Dowager Cixi - one of the most powerful women in China's history?

The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty to rule China, collapsing in 1912 amid rising social and political instability. Ruling for almost three hundred years, the Qing dynasty was one of the largest empires in the world, trebling the amount of land under China’s control. After its fall, modern-day China was established by Sun Yat-sen. While Sun Yat-sen gets all of the credit for being…
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