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Book review of Ed West's 'A Century of Royalty'

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15th May 2014
<![CDATA[As the introduction states: “Under Queen Elizabeth II royalty has continued to adapt to the modern world, and despite some bad times, remains the strongest of British institutions”. In many ways, this sense of pride and admiration for the British monarchy is the overriding feeling you are presented with when reading this book. A Century of Royalty focuses on the past one…
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Her Majesty's prime ministers

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12th May 2014
<![CDATA[Milk cost 2p a pint; meat and sugar were still rationed and the average house price was £1891. The year was 1952 and on the 6th February that year, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, ascended the throne as Queen Elizabeth II. 62…
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Review of episode two of The First Georgians: The German Kings who made Britain

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10th May 2014
<![CDATA[Following on from last week’s episode, which focused on the issues that the new Georgian dynasty faced with the ascendance of George I, in the second episode Dr Lucy Worsley continued with her investigation into the lives of the Hanovarian Kings and focused on George II and Queen Caroline, whom she calls her “favourite Queen”. Dr Lucy Worsley with a portrait of Queen…
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Letter from Bonnie Prince Charlie sells for £25,000

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8th May 2014
<![CDATA[A letter written by Bonnie Prince Charlie to his cousin, King Louis XV of France, asking for his help in overthrowing the British Monarchy, was sold for £25,000 on Wednesday. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the ‘Young…
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History Rewind: King George VI opens Festival of Britain

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3rd May 2014
<![CDATA[On 3 May 1951 King George opened The Festival of Britain at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank. The festival was coordinated to commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It exhibited Britain's c past, present, and future contributions to society through the arts, science technology and industrial design. Crowds gathered as the Royal Family made…
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Diana, Princess of Wales's last official letter to be auctioned

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27th April 2014
<![CDATA[The last letter written and signed by hand by the late Princess of Wales  is set to go under the hammer this Monday, the 28th of April. “Dear Dilys,” begins the letter, which is addressed to Dilys Cheetham, a fellow humanitarian campaigner from North Yorkshire who was hijacked by armed paramilitaries. Written on paper bearing the official Kensington Palace letterhead…
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