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Football crazy: five teams who can count on royal support as the Premier League season gets under way

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8th August 2015
The Royal Family have gone a bit football crazy in recent months. The Duke of Cambridge, President of the Football Association, has led the way with high profile support for the women’s team who made the semi finals of the World Cup and an interview for BBC One with Gary Lineker ahead of the FA Cup Final earlier this summer. Prince William is a high profile royal football fan but his family…
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Highclere Castle: not just Downton Abbey

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7th August 2015
Highclere Castle, located in England’s southern county of Berkshire, is the seat of the Earl of Carnarvo,n and has been owned by the Herbert family since 1679. The history of the estate may be traced back some 1,300 years when owned by the Bishops of Winchester. George…
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The Queen's Dressmaker: Angela Kelly

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7th August 2015
Part of the job of being royal is dressing the part and Queen Elizabeth II has never disappointed when it comes to choosing the right thing to wear. Whether she is entertaining guests at a glittering state banquet or performing a royal walkabout, Her Majesty The Queen…
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Burying a Queen's Heart - Queen Marie of Romania

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6th August 2015
This autumn, the heart of a Queen and British-born princess will be laid to rest in Romania. Born in Kent as Princess Marie of Edinburgh, the second child and eldest daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander II, she received the names Marie Alexandra Victoria but was always known as “Missy” in the intimacy of the…
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A Window into War: Battles fought by British Kings

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5th August 2015
Her Majesty The Queen is the epitome of grandeur and magnificence. She lives in the lap of luxury, and is always impeccably dressed, and surrounded by splendour. Which makes it hard to believe that there was a time when her ancestors, Kings of England themselves, spent…
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The Great Royal Bake Off

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5th August 2015
It hasn’t even started yet and already Great British Bake Off fever has returned to the UK with just about everyone getting ready to go crazy again for meringues, macaroons and marble cake.   But while the twelve new stars of the BBC One show will no doubt win…
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The Stories of Queen Victoria's Grandaughters: Princess Viktoria of Prussia

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3rd August 2015
Like the majority of her granddaughters, Princess Viktoria of Prussia was named after both her mother and grandmother. Born on April 12, 1866, in Potsdam Palace. Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria was the fifth child and second daughter of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and Victoria, Princess Royal, first daughter of Queen Victoria. She was baptised on her grandmother’s birthday, 24th…
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How much do the Cambridges cost the taxpayer?

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2nd August 2015
Every year, the finances of both The Queen and the Prince of Wales are released, in great detail, to the media and the public. While figures show that the Prince of Wales is a net contributor to public funds, the funding arrangements of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge…
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The stories of Queen Victoria's granddaughters: Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh

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29th July 2015
Honey golden sun and the sweet smell of Mediterranean flowers – when the Ancient Greeks arrived in Malta they calledit ‘honey sweet’ and the Romans used the same namefor the island, Melita. In the 19th century, this pretty and picturesque spotand the honey golden walls of its famousSan Anton’s Palace was brieflyhome to one of Queen Victoria’s sons…
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