Palaces & Buildings

Accused teen who planned terror attack on Buckingham Palace appears in court

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15th September 2016
On Tuesday, 13 September, Westminster Magistrates’ Court saw the appearance of 19-year-old Haroon Ali-Syed, who was arrested on 8 September on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack on key London landmarks ‘on the scale of 7/7’. Prosecutor Thomas Halpin spoke at the hearing and announced to the court that ‘The allegation is that [Haroon Ali-Syed] was planning a terrorist attack…
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The mistresses of the Russian emperors

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31st August 2016
Royal history is dotted with scandalous love stories and so it’s no surprise that the Tsars of Russia have had their fair share of sensational liaisons. Today Royal Central is looking back at some of Russia’s most famous royal mistresses. Nicholas II and Mathilde Kschessinska Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, reigned from November 1894 until he was forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917.
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History

The Royal Tours of Canada

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21st August 2016
Anticipation of the Cambridge’s upcoming tour to Canada is building up as we wait for Kensington Palace to officially announce the dates. This certainly is not the first Royal Tour to Canada and won’t even be the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first trip. The first royal tour took place when Prince William (later to be William IV) visited in 1786 when he was lieutenant of HMS Pegasus where…
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Palaces & Buildings

Man arrested after climbing into grounds of Buckingham Palace

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9th August 2016
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after he managed to climb into the grounds of Buckingham Palace by scaling a security fence. Police have said that the man, who is from Croydon, was arrested at 04:15am this morning after being spotted on Palace security cameras.   The police have said that the incident is not thought to be terrorism related, and that the man had been drinking prior to the…
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