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James McGill, Jaguar Land Rover employee roars for UK Invictus team

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11th May 2016
The Invictus Games are now in full swing in Orlando, before he went, I was able to interview James McGill former Grenadier Guardsman and now working for Jaguar Land Rover thanks to the Career Transition Partnership. The MoD’s official partner for armed forces resettlement. Jeremy Hicks, Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover UK, added: “There is a close alignment between Jaguar Land Rover’s…
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A Staircase with a Royal History?

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7th May 2016
One hotel in Northamptonshire preserves a possibly extraordinaryfeature within its walls. The Talbot Hotel in Oundle is located some thirteen miles outside Peterborough and is aten-minutedrive from Fotheringhay. It preserves the staircase which is traditionally believed to be the one down which Mary Queen of Scots walked to her execution in 1587. The scene was painted as it…
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Who is Princess Marie of Denmark?

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29th April 2016
Over the next several weeks, I want to write about of some of the lesser talked about royals in Europe for a series entitled “Who Is?”. One such royal is Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat. Marie was born Marie Agathe Odile…
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The Christening of Her Majesty The Queen - 29 May 1926

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20th April 2016
On 29 May 1926, the christening of the future Queen Elizabeth II, took place. The baptismal service was performed at the private chapel at Buckingham Palace and the occasion of HM The Queen’s 91st birthday provides a pleasant opportunity to revisit this important event. Photographs were made of the Duchess of York leaving 17 Bruton Street in her wedding attire to make her way to Westminster…
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InsightSweden

It's another Swedish Royal Baby Watch

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1st April 2016
Welcome to April – a month that promises several important events in several European royal houses. We will have birthdays, Jubilees, state visits and royal … births! Photo:  The Royal Court, Sweden Yes, this week we enter another official #BabyWatchSeason (yes, that’s a thing), while we wait for Prince Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden first child to make his/her big…
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