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Food for thought: An interview with food historian Marc Meltonville

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26th February 2015
A Stuart curd tart – a cross between an egg tart and a cheesecake Following my trip to Hampton Court Palace at the beginning of the month, I’ve managed to speak with Historic Royal Palace’s food historian, Marc Meltonville. Marc put together a menu that spanned 500 years when I visited the Palace, including a Georgian French onion soup, Tudor beef, and a Stuart curd tart with…
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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…
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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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