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Looking Back at the Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones

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6th May 2017
On 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret became the first royal to marry in a televised ceremony when she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in a glittering service at Westminster Abbey. Princess Margaret had been linked to several beaus, most notably her father’s and sister’s former equerry, Peter Townsend. After a tumultuous period of will-they-won’t-they, their relationship ended on 31…
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The King who was killed by a monkey

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3rd May 2017
Throughout history, many royals have died in brutal and bizarre ways. Royals have been killed in attacks, by illness and by accident. However, only one European royal has ever been murdered by a monkey. That is the Greek King Alexander, who died at 27-years-old in…
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Looking back at the wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

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26th April 2017
The future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, while Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. They initially met as children before a dance in 1920 brought them together again as adults. Elizabeth was…
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The Queen - trusting in God for 91 years

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21st April 2017
The new pound coin in the UK bears an image of the Queen’s head, surrounded by the words ‘ELIZABETH II D.G.REG.F.D.’ It stands for: ‘Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensor.’ (‘Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith.’ in…
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Will Gibraltar turn into the next Falklands? All you need to know about the territorial dispute

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2nd April 2017
Gibraltar – a large piece of rock over 1,000 miles away from Britain is currently in the midst of conflict over what country has legal sovereignty: the UK or Spain? But Gibraltar is not just a large piece of rock; it is British overseas territory with 30,000 inhabitants living on it. Despite compromising of less than 2.6 square miles, it has been in territorial dispute for centuries due to…
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Who was Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg?

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23rd March 2017
On 5 January 1921, Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d’Aviano, or the then Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was born in Berg Castle in central Luxembourg to Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and Prince Félix. He had four younger…
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How seriously does Prince William take his royal duties?

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14th March 2017
Everything the Royals do or don’t do is closely scrutinized by both the media and the public. The Cambridges haven’t been without controversy. They’ve been dubbed workshy and lazy. Even Prince Harry couldn’t escape that label when his grandparents and father and stepmother worked more than his brother, sister-in-law and him last year. The Duchess of Cambridge was heavily…
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