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Coldplay to headline concert at Kensington Palace

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26th May 2016
Coming up on June 28, Prince Harry will host a musical concert open to the public to raise money for his African charity, Sentabale, which helps children and young people with HIV/AIDS. Chris Martin, frontman of the popular band, Coldplay, wrote the theme song for Prince Harry’s Invictus Games. The Prince has enlisted Coldplay to headline the concert. Her Majesty The Queen gave her…
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History

#OnThisDay Lambert Simnel is crowned as Edward VI

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24th May 2016
On this day 1487, the pretender Lambert Simnel was crowned as King Edward VI in Dublin. The boy was ten years old at the time, and kept up the pretence for nearly a month before the rebels who supported him were defeated at the Battle of Stoke Field. In August 1485, Henry…
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Ceremony of the Lilies and the Roses at the Tower of London

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21st May 2016
The short service of remembrance, known as The Ceremony of the Lilies and the Roses, is held every 21 May, to commemorate the fact that Henry VI, England’s so-called “saintly king”, died at the Tower of London in 1471.Tradition has adopted the Norman Wakefield Tower as the location where the event took place. Begun in the 1220’s and jutting out onto Water Lane, itis a world…
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A Staircase with a Royal History?

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7th May 2016
One hotel in Northamptonshire preserves a possibly extraordinaryfeature within its walls. The Talbot Hotel in Oundle is located some thirteen miles outside Peterborough and is aten-minutedrive from Fotheringhay. It preserves the staircase which is traditionally believed to be the one down which Mary Queen of Scots walked to her execution in 1587. The scene was painted as it…
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Palaces & Buildings

British band sneak past Buckingham Palace security and 'gatecrash' party

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6th April 2016
It has emerged that a British alternative pop duo managed to sneak past security at Buckingham Palace last month disguised as an Renaissance music ensemble. The band, Cat’s Eyes, managed to make their way through security with ease and performed their music in front of unwitting guests at a private party hosted at the palace. The publicity stunt was captured on video, and shows the singers…
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