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Tower of London to mark WW1 centenary

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7th May 2014
<![CDATA[The moat at the Tower of London will be filled with nearly 900,000 ceramic poppies this summer to mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. Beginning on August 5th and ending on Remembrance Day (11th November), the dry moat will be turned into a sea of red as each poppy will mark the British or Colonial soldier killed during the conflict. There will be 888,246…
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History Rewind: The Duchess of Windsor laid to rest

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29th April 2014
<![CDATA[ On 29 April 1986 The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson was buried alongside her husband, The Duke of Windsor at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess was buried in an English oak coffin that contained a silver inscribed plate stating, “Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, 1896-1986”. St George’s Chapel held the rather simple funeral mass. Flags were flown at half-staff but there was…
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Royal Childhood exhibition to open in summer at Buckingham Palace

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3rd April 2014
<![CDATA[In 2011, it was The Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress that saw tourists flock to Buckingham Palace. The Ball Room set up for a State Banquet was the exclusive showing for 2008. And this summer, when Her Majesty The Queen leaves for Balmoral for her summer holiday, Buckingham Palace will stage a brand new exhibition in the State rooms: Royal Childhood. Since George III made…
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History Rewind: Windsor gems sell for record price

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3rd April 2014
<![CDATA[ On 3 April 1987 the late Duchess of Windsor’s jewellery fetched £31m ($50m) at auction in Switzerland. The sum was six times the expected figure projected the collection would garner. It was said that 1,000 bidders and 300 members of the media packed into…
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The Queen's never given a press interview... but she's certainly come close!

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26th March 2014
<![CDATA[Despite the worldwide media attention she has received during her long reign, there is one thing for which The Queen is famous in both in press circles and the wider world – that is the fact that she has never given a press interview. Every other member of the present Royal Family, including Her Majesty’s husband the Duke of Edinburgh, have given interviews with the media…
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