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5 Minute Book Review - Honour by Matthew Lewis

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10th January 2014
<![CDATA[After reading the first historical fiction book written by Matthew Lewis, Loyalty I was very excited to read the next instalment, Honour.  I was expecting something similar to the first book – an engrossing story, well rounded characters and interesting relationships and clearly well researched.  In many ways this is way I got – the story was totally involving and I…
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Why does The Queen love Sandringham?

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6th January 2014
<![CDATA[It is at this time of the year that The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh stay at Sandringham, but why does The Queen likes it so much? The story of the royal connection begins in 1862. Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, was looking for a country home…
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Royal Central's Top 20 Royal Moments of 2013: 20-11

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2nd January 2014
<![CDATA[It has been another busy and exciting year for the British Royal Family. From the birth of Prince George in July to the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation in June, 2013 proved to be another action-packed year for the Royals. Royal Central counts down its Top 20 Royal moments of the year! Here’s part one with 20-11: 20. Prince Andrew joins Twitter In July, The Duke of…
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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…
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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 fairly accurate idea of life for the aristocracy at this time and the changes that the first world war brought to the United…
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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…
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Draft version of King George VI’s first wartime speech hit's the auction block

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25th November 2013
King George VI contemplated declaring war on Germany prior to Hitler’s Invasion of Poland in 1939. Sotheby’s will auction off an initial draft of King George VI’s speech in which he tells the country that Britain was ready, willing and able to declare war on Germany. It is the first time in 74 years, that the draft has become available. The speech was the King’s first broadcast…
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