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Another baby for The Cambridges: what does it mean?

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15th September 2014
<![CDATA[Last week I was away on holiday, and heard the news that William and Catherine were expecting their second child. I had just got off the plane in Brussels to catch a connecting flight to Berlin, and I turned my phone on to receive a flurry of messages from a friend. While she is not much of a Royal watcher, she knew how excited I would be by the news and couldn't wait to tell…
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History Rewind: Mary Queen of Scots crowned

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9th September 2014
<![CDATA[On 9th September 1543, a child that was barely a year old was crowned Queen of Scotland in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle. Mary, Queen of Scots, would go on to be one of the more embattled Queen's in history. Nobody would be surprised, considering the burden that she was shouldering as Monarch of a very turbulent Scotland. For a female to be crowned in Scotland, it was…
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Diana's wedding dress returned to William and Harry

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3rd September 2014
<![CDATA[The wedding dress of Diana, Princess of Wales, has now been returned to her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The famous dress was designed by David and Elizabeth Emmanuel, and featured a 25ft train, puffed sleeves and a ruffled collar. It has been kept on the Althorp Estate, Diana’s childhood home, for two months of the year, as part of an exhibition called ‘Diana: A…
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The service never ends: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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25th August 2014
<![CDATA[It could be argued that The Royal Navy was the main driving force behind the British Empire becoming a dominant world presence since its expansion in the 16th century. The Navy is the oldest of the British Armed Services and was the largest and most powerful from the 18th century until the middle of the 20th century. With its fabled history, it is no surprise that the Royal Navy is a…
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