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The Queen who married a king, despite her heart being elsewhere

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21st February 2024
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years.However, according to the tale that goes back almost 500 years, on the day she took her wedding vows at Hampton Court Palace, Katherine was besotted…
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Opinion

Prince Harry: From crown jewel to royal outcast

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19th February 2024
Charlie Proctor offers his thoughts on Prince Harry’s fall from grace, ten years on from a 2014 article praising his dedication to work and duty.As I was settling down for breakfast one day last week, I decided it would be fun to take a dive into Royal Central’s…
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A royal love story: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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19th February 2024
Their love is perhaps one of the strongest in royal history, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His early death impacted the rest of her reign as a depressed widow who took every opportunity to pay tribute to her late husband.Albert was Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (present-day Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany) and Victoria’s first cousin. Despite being born three months apart, they had…
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The striking tiara that was a gift to a queen from an admirer

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18th February 2024
It was perhaps the biggest royal wedding style surprise of all. After months of speculation that Princess Eugenie would wear the York Tiara for her wedding, the bride surprised us all and what a surprise it was. Eugenie wore emeralds for her wedding.The Princess borrowed a tiara from her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and one that hadn’t been seen in many years. Eugenie wore the…
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The love story of the Prince and Princess of Wales

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16th February 2024
In 2001, Prince William met Catherine Middleton while they were students in residence at St Salvator’s Hall at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. While the two were close friends at first, it was at a charity fashion show in 2002 that Catherine reportedly caught…
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Edward and Sophie: their love story

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16th February 2024
If one wanted to be cheeky, one could say this royal love story began with a match. Well, it did when Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, met Sophie Rhys-Jones at a tennis event in 1993. She represented firms across the UK, Switzerland, and Australia…
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An ancient and historic title that has centuries of royal connection

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16th February 2024
There have been six Dukes of Gloucester throughout history, the first created in 1385 and the current having held the title since 1974. It has a long past, and some consider the title cursed due to its most famous titleholder, and that the first three men to hold it died without heirs.Here are the six Dukes of Gloucester.First CreationThe Duke of Gloucester was first created by Edward…
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