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Getting to know our Neighbours: The Swedish Royal Family

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9th April 2015
One of the more well known and oldest Royal Families in Europe comes from Sweden. The current Swedish Royal Family is made up of King Carl XVI Gustaf (b.1946), Queen Silvia (1943), Crown Princess Victoria (1977), Prince Daniel (1973), Princess Estelle (2012), Prince Carl Philip (1979), and Princess Madeleine (1982) who is married to Mr Christopher O’Neill (1974), and their daughter Princess…
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Monarchy Monday: A review of the birth of Prince George

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30th March 2015
Baby Cambridge number two is just around the corner, and I am (as I am sure many, many others) are waiting on pins and needles. There is something about a royal birth that brings people together, not only in the United Kingdom but across the globe. All across the Commonwealth nations people celebrated the birth of the future King. However, that was almost two years ago, so let’s review the…
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Week of live broadcasts of Richard III’s burial to be shown on Channel 4

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4th March 2015
It has been announced that Channel 4 will be following the reburial of Richard III’s remains with a number of live broadcasts of the last Plantagenet King’s re-internment later this month. Channel 4, who were the broadcasters to produce the award-winning documentary Richard III: The King in the Car Park, and were the ones to reveal to the nation the discovery of the King’s long-lost remains…
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Preview: Reinventing The Royals - Episode One

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14th February 2015
After being postponed for broadcast earlier this year, a new date for the transmission of Reinventing The Royals has been confirmed by the BBC as the 19th February. This two-part series looks at the ways in which the Royal Family and the media have established an extraordinary and dynamic relationship over the past decades. In the first episode – called Crisis – Steve Hewlett examines…
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