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How to get tickets to Trooping the Colour

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1st January 2014
<![CDATA[Happy New Year. For Royalists, the New Year doesn't just mark a change of calendar, it marks the start of the short window and long battle to get tickets to the annual Queen's Birthday Parade: Trooping The Colour.Tickets for Trooping The Colour are allocated via ballot and between now an February, applications must be sent should you wish to attend. Trooping The Colour is a…
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What's in store for the Royal Family in 2014?

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30th December 2013
There’s no doubt that 2013 has been another amazing year for the Royal Family. With the birth of Prince George in July and the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, it’s been another year of milestones.But 2014 will, I’m sure, have its own…
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Titles on Downton Abbey explained

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21st December 2013
Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of the most consistently popular TV shows produced in recent times. The show, which gives a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Set in the early 1900s, the show gives a…
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A guide to the Order of the British Empire

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17th December 2013
Two times a year (at The Queen’s Official Birthday and on New Year’s Day), lists of those set to receive honours from The Queen are published by the Government. The most common order which those being honoured are admitted to is the Order of the British Empire, instituted by George V in 1917 as a way of marking civilian achievement. The Order of the British Empire has 6 ranks, 2 of…
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Getting to know Timothy Laurence

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17th November 2013
One of the lesser known members of the British Royal Family is the Princess Royal’s husband, Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.  Generally referred to as Tim, he is her second husband. He is very often overlooked, but is an interesting royal nevertheless. This post offers a glimpse at who Sir Tim really is.In March 1955, Timothy Laurence was born in South London to Commander Guy Laurence…
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Prince Harry's South Pole trek: meet the challengers

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14th November 2013
Prince Harry’s patronage of Walking With the Wounded is not your typical royal patronage. After joining them for part of their 2011 trek to the North Pole, he set a new bar for himself. As far as WWTW goes, it’s not enough for Prince Harry to speak at black tie galas, he…
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November's new royal books

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31st October 2013
Are you a royal aficionado? Is History an interest of yours? Do you like reading? If so, you will enjoy these books about royal history, all due to be released in November. After the Sheikhs, Christopher M. Davidson – Release Date: November 11, 2013 Often…
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Queen and Duke of Edinburgh regarded as ‘hardest working royal couple’

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24th October 2013
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are one of their many walkabouts. A Royal Central poll conducted this month over 1,004 of our readers has shown that 68% of our readers think the hardest working royal couple are The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, with a total of 683 votes were cast in favour of Her Majesty and The Duke. Coming in second with 16% of the share and a total of 163 votes were Prince…
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