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Queen Elizabeth awards actor Eddie Redmayne his OBE

On Friday morning, Queen Elizabeth presented the latest investitures at Windsor Castle. One of those being actor Eddie Redmayne, who is known for his work in Les Misérables, Theory of Everything and his latest adventure in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Eddie Redmayne was accompanied by this wife, Hannah Waddington to final be awarded his long postponed Order of the British Empire…
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#OnThisDay in 1833 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, mother of Queen Mary, was born

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was born on 27 November 1833 in Hanover, Germany. She was a granddaughter of King George III and great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Her parents were Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the youngest surviving son of George III, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel. She was the youngest of the couple’s three children. She was christened Mary Adelaide…
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Queen attends her 71st Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph with her family

The Queen has led tributes to the British and Commonwealth war dead this weekend at the Remembrance Sunday service in central London. Thousands of people gathered at the Cenotaph for a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock to honour those killed in wars and conflicts past and present. Her Majesty and her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh alongside other members of the royal family all laid wreaths at…
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