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The Duchess of Cambridge’s most iconic style moments

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11th July 2018
The Duchess of Cambridge is well-known across the world for her iconic style, whether it’s a glamourous dress on a red carpet or a cosy winter coat. I take a look back at some of her most iconic style moments, from her stunning wedding dress to the outfits she wore whilst introducing her children to the world for the first time. The engagement dress, 2010 The Duchess of Cambridge announced her…
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Royal Wedding Dresses: Queen Mary

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10th July 2018
On July 6th 1893, London woke to a blazing hot morning after two days of rain. The streets were decked with flowers and large crowds were already settled on the pavements and lampposts as dawn broke. They had come for the royal wedding of George, Duke of York, second in line…
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Before they were royal: The life of the Countess of Wessex

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10th July 2018
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on 20 January 1965 as the youngest child and only daughter of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the late Mary O’Sullivan at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She has an elder brother, David. One of her godparents was the late actor Thane Bettany, who was her father’s stepbrother. Sophie grew up in Kent, to where her family moved while she was still…
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The Bayeux Tapestry: on display in England in 2022

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6th July 2018
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming…the tapestry is coming home. The Bayeux Tapestry is heading back to British shores, for the first time in almost 1000 years, and you need to put 2022 in your diary right now if you want to see this famous piece of history up close and personal. OK, the opening line might not have the ring or the emotion of the football song we…
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The lost royal 'zoo' at Windsor

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5th July 2018
Royal menageries became homes for the many animals that were given in previous centuries as political presents from their respective countries and thereby entered a life of exalted captivity, the nature of any zoo now being a controversial one. The oldest baroque zoo was…
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Prince Albert's plaster hand and other contents of Queen Victoria's coffin

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4th July 2018
Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901, laid out some very specific instructions for her funeral. Her personal physician was with her in her final hours when she died on the Isle of Wight. She was surrounded by her family, including her son and successor King Edward VII and her oldest grandson, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. She requested that her favourite pet, a Pomeranian called Turi to…
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