History

Prince Albert – A truly remarkable man

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15th March 2014
<![CDATA[In recent years, there seems to have been a surfeit of books and documentaries presenting a very unjust image of Prince Albert as a dour and humourless man, driven by a desire for power, and with little understanding of his children’s needs. Although this appears to be a recent phenomenon, it is in fact nothing new but rather a repetition of the misconceptions and slanders repeated…
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The Queen, Eighty Years a Subject

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20th February 2014
<![CDATA[ When a new portrait of the Queen is unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László, who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York to paint the first…
FeaturesPalaces & Buildings

King Charles II's house goes up for sale

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19th February 2014
<![CDATA[A house that King Charles II once lived in is being put up for sale for the first time in over 600 years. Malmesbury House, in Cathedral Close Salisbury, was once owned by Charles II. It has now been put up for sale at the 'bargain' price of £5 million. This piece of architectural history was used in for about a year 1665 by the 'Merrie Monarch' to escape a bout of…
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Anne of Cleves, A Flanders Mare: Part 3

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18th February 2014
<![CDATA[In July 1540 Anne of Cleves – the fourth wife of Henry VIII – went from being queen of England back to Anne, the Daughter of Cleves, with alarming speed. Life as an ex-queen of England was very nearly uncharted territory, but, for Anne, who was only…
History

Richard III DNA to be ‘mapped’

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12th February 2014
<![CDATA[ It has been revealed that the DNA of the skeleton belonging to Richard III is to sequenced. This could potentially uncover details about the last Plantagenet King, such as his eye and hair colour. This is the next project in a long line of plans to discover more…
State & Ceremonial

Republican cause at a 20 year low in Australia

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2nd February 2014
<![CDATA[Support for an Australian republic has reached a 20 year low with just 39.4% of Australians saying that they would favour a republic. A poll which was conducted by ReachTEL found that 41.6% of people oppose the country becoming a republic and the remaining 19% have no opinion. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy convener, David Flint…
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Anne of Cleves, A Flanders Mare: Part 2

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28th January 2014
<![CDATA[Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, endured the shortest marriage of any of the six wives. In fact, her marriage was over before it had even begun. In late June 1540 Anne was informed that, due to plague in London, she was to move to Richmond Palace…
History

Alfred the Great's remains said to have been found

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21st January 2014
<![CDATA[It appears that the remains of King Alfred The Great, or those of his son Edward the Elder, have been found in a forgotten storage box in a museum. King Alfred, who was born in 849, succeeded to the throne after the deaths of his three elder brothers, and ruled…
State & CeremonialThe Edinburghs

Prince Edward appointed Lord High Commissioner for 2014

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21st January 2014
<![CDATA[Prince Edward has been appointed ‘Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland’ for 2014, Royal Central has learnt. The appointment, though only active for one week (General Assembly week) in Scotland, will involve Prince Edward sitting in the assembly as The Queen’s representative, reporting back to Her Majesty what has been said during…
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