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After Richard III: The reign of the Tudor rose

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23rd April 2015
On 26th March, thousands came together to say goodbye to the last Plantagenet King, Richard III. The King’s much-publicised reburial marks the first time since 1485 that the two opposing sides in the Wars of the Roses, the Yorks and the Lancasters have met at Bosworth. However in 1486, the year after the famed battle, the two families met in a very different place. On 18th January, Elizabeth…
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Palaces & Buildings

Queen Victoria’s Durbar Room at Osborne House reopens following conservation work

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14th April 2015
It was the room where Queen Victoria entertained European royalty in the later part of her reign, and designed as a state setting in what had, until then, been her family and personal retreat. Now the Durbar Room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight has been restored to give visitors will a glimpse of how it would have looked in the 1890s. Osborne House was a retreat for Queen Victoria throughout…
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History

Allegations resolved over Queen Victoria’s real father

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7th April 2015
Hers is a line which has ruled Britain for almost 200 years and which has given us two of the longest reigning monarchs in our history. So allegations that Queen Victoria wasn’t really a (British) royal certainly raised eyebrows. But now the doubts over her lineage have been resolved – by the respected author who brought them up in the first place. Queen Victoria at her coronation – by…
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State & Ceremonial

Queen's proclamation for new Parliament read in Edinburgh and London

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30th March 2015
The Queen’s proclamation – approved in a meeting of the Privy Council earlier today – was read out in London and Edinburgh today, setting out the date when Parliament will formally return following the General Election on 7th May. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfg14tX–ZE?rel=0&w=680&h=383] Read at both the Royal Exchange in the City of London and Mercat…
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