State & Ceremonial

Prime Minister of New Zealand to visit Queen at Balmoral Castle

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11th September 2013
NZ PM John Key With Prince William Prime Minister of New Zealand The Right Honourable John Key has been extended an invitation by Her Majesty The Queen to visit Balmoral Castle along with his wife and children later this month. The visit will be his fifth official one with Her Majesty. Mr Key told TVNZ’s Breakfast that he and his family were expecting a ‘relaxed atmosphere’ and that they had…
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Palaces & Buildings

Prince Andrew 'challenged' at Buckingham Palace

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8th September 2013
The Duke of York was challenged by armed officers on Wednesday in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, The Sunday Express reports. Scotland Yard have confirmed that a man was stopped in the Palace gardens at around 6pm on Wednesday and ordered to verify his identity, but said that no weapons were drawn in the incident. The incident happened just two days after a man was arrested on suspicion of…
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History

King Richard III suffered with roundworm

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4th September 2013
A team of experts have concluded that Richard III who was found buried in Leicester last year, suffered with a roundworm infection. In a soil sample taken from the pelvis of the King, scientists found many roundworm eggs. Ever since King Richard’s skeleton was found…
History

Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg

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25th August 2013
On a spring day, April 14th 1857 the last of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children was born.  The little princess’s baptism took place in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on the 16th June 1857, she wore the same baptism gown that was worn by her elder sister, the Princess Royal and would be worn by future generations of royal babies. Her Godparents were her Maternal…
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HistoryOpinion

King George II: A Change from his Father

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24th August 2013
Last week, I wrote about King George I. Click here to read about his life and reign. A bust of King George II Born George Augustus on 30 October 1683 to the future King George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King George II was the last British Monarch to be born outside…
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The First King George

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17th August 2013
In Dublin, a marker stands with King George’s name Although my name prediction for Baby Cambridge was Arthur, I cannot say I was overly shocked that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge named their new-born son George. Because of his birth, I have started to dig deeper into the royal history behind the name. I always knew that George was a historically significant name (there are six Kings with…
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