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Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall continue their D-Day engagements with a stop in Ranville

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5th June 2014
<![CDATA[Continuing their busy day of engagements, Charles and his wife then made their way to Ranville, where as Colonel-in-Chief, The Parachute Regiment, the Prince and his wife attended a lunch with veterans at Ranville. The Battle of Ranville formed part of Operation Tonga, the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5th June and 7th…
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How the Royal Family will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day

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2nd June 2014
<![CDATA[ Thursday, 5 June 2014 On Tuesday, 5 June, after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversarty of the Eurotunnel, Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh will embark on a State Visit to the French Republic. They will arrive at Paris Gare du Nord.They will be received by President François Hollande at the Arc de Triomphe and afterwards for meetings at The Elysée Palace.
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Her Majesty's prime ministers

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22nd May 2014
<![CDATA[In the second of this blog series, we will be taking a look at Queen Elizabeth II's second prime minister. He was prime minister from 6th April 1955 until 10th January 1957, and his name was Anthony Eden. Robert Anthony Eden was born on 12th June 1897 at…
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s renovation of Anmer Hall

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20th May 2014
<![CDATA[It has been reported that Anmer Hall, the country residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has had an estimated renovation of £1.5 million. The Hall is a two hundred-year-old Grade II listed home and is part of The Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.Renovation work supposedly began on the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough…
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