State & Ceremonial

The Royal Family to commemorate the Centenary of Gallipoli Campaign and Anzac Day in UK and Turkey

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6th March 2015
Members of The Royal Family will attend various engagements in April to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign as well as Anzac Day. The Gallipoli Campaign was a First World War campaign that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between 25th April 1915 and 9th January 1916. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates…
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History

Could Henry VIII have had a seventh wife?

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4th March 2015
A shocking new book claims that Henry VIII very nearly got married for a seventh time in his life, to a woman called Katherine Willoughby. Henry VIII’s Last Love, written by David Baldwin, suggests that the King had planned to divorce his wife at the time, Catherine Parr, but was put off by the thought of marrying a powerful strong-willed wife. Katherine had already previously given birth…
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History

King John’s teeth to go on display at British Library

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26th February 2015
Teeth that have been extracted from King John will go up on display as part of the celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. Two molar teeth belonging to the Medieval King, who granted the world’s most famous charter in 1215, will be displayed at the British Library alongside two original copies of the document. The library, who owns the Magna Carta, said the teeth were…
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Palaces & Buildings

Unique mode of royal transport saved from scrap yard and returned to Balmoral

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20th February 2015
A horse-drawn Hungarian Hunting Phaeton dating back to 1850 is saved from a scrapyard and returned to its former home, Balmoral Castle. The Phaeton is on loan to the castle by the Grampian Transport Museum in Aberdeenshire. The Phaeton was purchased by Queen’s Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, to be used by the Royal couple when they were at their Scottish home. Prince Albert had…
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