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Details released for Queen's 90th birthday celebrations

Tickets for the party of the year, marking the Queen’s 90th birthday in The Mall, will cost £150 each, her grandson has announced. The hotly contested tickets to attend The Mall street party will be released into a ballot next month, with around 1000 tickets being available to the public. Over 9,000 other people will attend the event who represent organisations with close ties to Her…
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Prince Charles’s Scottish home “devastated” by floods

After 14 years of work on the garden of The Prince of Wales’ Scottish home, flooding has washed away all the restoration work. Last week during an impromptu visit to Ballater, Prince Charles told a butcher in the flood-hit Aberdeenshire town that the gardens at Birkhall were “devastated” when a river broke its banks. While he put on a brave face saying that is was the…
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British RoyalsKing Charles IIIPrince & Princess of WalesPrince PhilipPrincess Anne and FamilyQueen Elizabeth IIState & CeremonialThe EdinburghsThe SussexesThe Yorks

Princess Anne was 2015's hardest working royal

The Princess Royal was the hardest working royal last year, having conducted 544 engagements, more than any other member of the royal family. Princess Anne, who undertook 456 UK engagements and a further 88 overseas engagements, overtakes Prince Charles as the hardest…
State & Ceremonial

Arise Dame Barbara Windsor and Sir AP McCoy - 2016 New Year's Honours revealed

Actress Barbara Windsor, champion jockey AP McCoy and television presenter Sue Barker are just some of the people who have made it onto the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list 2016. Barbara Windsor, 78, has been made a dame for her services to charity and entertainment. She is best known for playing domineering landlady Peggy Mitchell in BBC soap EastEnders. One of the most famous names in…
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Ceremony for King Charles I

January 30th marks the anniversary of the execution of King Charles I in 1649 at Whitehall, London.The date is normally marked by a short ceremony in the Banqueting House at Whitehall, however this year the ceremony will not take place there due to the fact that the…
British RoyalsKing Charles IIIPalaces & BuildingsPrince & Princess of WalesPrince PhilipPrincess Anne and FamilyQueen Elizabeth IIThe EdinburghsThe SussexesThe Yorks

Royal Family attend Christmas Day Church service

Embed from Getty Images The Queen and other senior members of the royal family came together on Christmas morning as they attended the traditional Christmas day service at Sandringham’s nearby church. Her Majesty arrived at the church by car, whilst the other royals travelled by foot. She walked into St Mary Magdalene church wearing a bright red coat with a transparent umbrella to protect her…
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