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Launch of Dickie Arbiter's book 'On Duty with the Queen'

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30th September 2014
<![CDATA[Yesterday evening, Waterstones in High Street Kensington hosted Blink Publishing’s launch of Dickie Arbiter’s book On Duty with the Queen. Numerous royal correspondents, publishers, close family members and friends gathered to celebrate the book launch with a drinks and canapé reception. Dickie made a short speech at the beginning of the evening thanking the guests for attending…
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Another baby for The Cambridges: what does it mean?

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15th September 2014
<![CDATA[Last week I was away on holiday, and heard the news that William and Catherine were expecting their second child. I had just got off the plane in Brussels to catch a connecting flight to Berlin, and I turned my phone on to receive a flurry of messages from a…
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Book Review: 'Duchesses - Living in 21st Century Britain' by Jane Dismore

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11th September 2014
<![CDATA[This latest book by Jane Dismore explores the lives of ten non-royal Duchesses living in Britain today. Dismore was given the chance to enter into the world of these modern-day aristocrats by visiting their ancestral homes and interviewing the Duchesses personally. With a different chapter focusing on each Duchess, readers can learn about how these women met their aristocratic…
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History Rewind: Mary Queen of Scots crowned

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9th September 2014
<![CDATA[On 9th September 1543, a child that was barely a year old was crowned Queen of Scotland in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle. Mary, Queen of Scots, would go on to be one of the more embattled Queen's in history. Nobody would be surprised, considering the…
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History Rewind: Birth of Queen Elizabeth I

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7th September 2014
<![CDATA[On 7th September 1533, Anne Boleyn gave birth to King Henry VIII's second child at Greenwich Palace. Disappointingly for him, it was another girl. Elizabeth’s childhood was a somewhat difficult and complex one after losing her mother at the tender age of two. Elizabeth and her half-sister, Mary, were declared illegitimate as Henry VIII sought to create space for his male…
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Diana's wedding dress returned to William and Harry

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3rd September 2014
<![CDATA[The wedding dress of Diana, Princess of Wales, has now been returned to her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The famous dress was designed by David and Elizabeth Emmanuel, and featured a 25ft train, puffed sleeves and a ruffled collar. It has been kept on…
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Review: Wolf Hall - Aldwych Theatre, London

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1st September 2014
<![CDATA[ Mike Poulton’s theatrical adaptions of Hilary Mantel’s two Man Booker prize winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, have consistently received five star reviews from newspapers and critics alike since it debuted in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. These productions moved to Aldwych Theatre in May and even though, due to sheer popular demand, it has been…
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