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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades - 1950s

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13th February 2015
In this instalment of The Queen Mother’s life, we look at the 1950s, no doubt a sad but also memorable decade for Elizabeth. The decade started off on a high for Queen Elizabeth, as she welcomed her second grandchild in 1950: Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, a sister for Prince Charles, born in 1948. After an operation to improve his circulation, The King needed his wife and daughters…
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The architect behind The Prince Regent: John Nash

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3rd February 2015
His works and commissions are universally recognisable, and he is classed as one of the most important architects of the late 18th and early 19th Century Britain. John Nash, a clever yet troubled man, left an indelible mark on London. So why, with regal designs for Buckingham Palace and Brighton’s Royal Pavilion, would a sorrowful demise see him end life penniless? There is debate…
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The Duchess of Kent - living life in the shadows

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27th January 2015
Katharine Kent will be an unfamiliar name to many, but in Royal circles she became well-known, causing controversy with her conversion to Catholicism in 1994. Born Katharine Worsley on February 22nd 1933, her upbringing was that of a ‘commoner’ in the Yorkshire countryside, albeit growing up amidst the surroundings of a stately home, Hovingham Hall. Her parents, Sir William and Lady Joyce sent…
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Monarchy Monday: 'Fly, fly away' for Prince William

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26th January 2015
If there was one thing Prince William always knew he would do, it was fly. With one of his first words being ‘plane’ a career in the Royal Air Force just seemed suiting. After becoming a Flying Officer in the RAF, Prince William took an intense four month…
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Petition presses for Catholic ceremony for Richard III

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24th January 2015
There has been yet another development in the plans to rebury King Richard III later this year. A recent petition started to have Richard III’s remains taken to a Catholic chapel will soon be handed to church leaders for deliberation. Following the discovery…
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Preview: David Starkey’s Magna Carta

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20th January 2015
In light of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede in June 1215, historian David Starkey looks back at the Great Charter and its prominence in history in this BBC documentary. In this hour-long programme, David Starkey will reveal how the Magna Carta outlined the law of the land, which everyone – even the monarch – would be required to abide by. Starkey discovers…
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