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For or against? Should Dame Anna Wintour have removed her sunglasses when meeting The Queen?

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21st February 2018
Yesterday, The Queen made a surprise appearance at London Fashion Week where she sat front row next to Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Dame Anna Wintour. Many were quick to point out that Dame Anna did not remove her sunglasses when meeting Her Majesty. Was this a breach in protocol or nothing to fuss over? Here are two opinions: Yes, she should have- by Jamie Samhan From the time we are young, we are…
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Queen Victoria's Journals

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11th February 2018
On 1 August 1832, the thirteen-year-old Princess Victoria of Kent made her first entry into her diary; it was a diary, as she described it on its title page, which had been given to her by her mother, the Duchess of Kent, at Kensington Palace the day before. Bound in…
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Queen Victoria's Mother - the Duchess of Kent

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7th February 2018
On 16 March 1861, the Duchess of Kent, born Princess Marie Louise Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and by her first marriage, Princess of Leinigen, died at her residence of Frogmore House, in Windsor Great Park. Though she had been mother to Queen Victoria, the Duchess of Kent had never herself been Princess of Wales, because her second husband, Edward, Duke of Kent had been George III’s fourth…
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Who won't be invited to Harry and Meghan's wedding?

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4th February 2018
With invitations set to go out this week for the biggest event of the year, rumours are circulating over who has been invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, and also, those who will be staying away. Until May 19th, we will not know who will sit in the aisle of St George’s Chapel at Windsor, although we certainly have a good idea of who won’t be in attendance. Donald…
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The Curious Case of Ivan VI

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22nd January 2018
Born on 23 August 1740 to the Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Luneburg and his wife Anna Leopoldovna, Ivan was the only grandson of the former Tsar of Russia Ivan V, and consequently in line to the Russian throne. His mother was the niece of Empress Anna and expected that one of her line would inherit the throne once her aunt died. Consequently, Anna and her husband had spent the majority of…
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