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Names you may have heard: Sir Alan Lascelles

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19th October 2015
Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles was born on 11 April 1887 at Sutton Waldron House in Dorset. He was the sixth and youngest child, and only surviving son, of Commander Frederick Canning Lascelles. Lascelles was also the grandson of the fourth Earl of Harewood. His mother, Frederica Maria was the daughter of Sir Adolphus Frederic Octavius Liddell, son of the first Baron Ravensworth. Tommy, as he was…
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Doctor Who's Royal Adventures

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17th October 2015
It’s one of the biggest shows on British TV but even The Doctor needs a royal helping hand ever now and again. Doctor Who has been whirling on to our TV screens for over fifty years and in that time the travelling Time Lord, in all his incarnations, has had plenty of…
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Royal Central's Halloween season: a preview

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16th October 2015
Two weeks tomorrow will be the 31st October, more popularly known as Halloween or All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve, everyone has a different name for it. Anne Boleyn is said to haunt the Tower of London. There are many popular traditions at Halloween; trick or treating…
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What is the In and Out, Naval and Military Club?

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14th October 2015
This coming Thursday, His Royal Highness Prince Philip will be attending the Trafalgar Dinner at the In and Out, Naval and Military Club. The dinner is part of the “big three” formal dinners each year in honour of the battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar and the Club’s founding in March 1862. One of the many events held at The In & Out Naval and Military Club Founded in 1862…
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Monarchy Rules: A Look at Charles II

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13th October 2015
Charles, son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France on 29 May 1630 in St James’s Palace. He became The Prince of Wales at the age of eight but was never formally invested with honours of his position. Charles was twelve when the English Civil War broke out between the Cavaliers and the Puritans. After the war was lost and his father Charles I was executed, young Charles went into exile and…
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Mary of Waltham, the tragic teenage royal bride

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10th October 2015
On this day, in 1344, a little girl was born to a famous king and queen. She entered the expected role of a royal daughter from birth as her future husband, an important political ally, was already living in the regal nursery she would call home. This royal baby spent her…
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Monarchy Rules: William III and Mary II

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9th October 2015
William III and Mary II are an odd couple in British royal history. They are our only joint sovereigns, so far, and they swept to power in a series of events that were romantically named the ‘Glorious Revolution’. The deal they did with parliament to make themselves monarchs altered the way the crown could be inherited for centuries. The couple set up two of London’s most famous…
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