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Royal Mistresses: Nell Gwyn

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1st August 2021
For the last millennium, royal mistresses have played a substantial role at court – given that most royals were not allowed to marry for love and instead served as strategic national alliances. So it makes sense that in many marriages, one or both partners would look elsewhere for their romantic relationships, and Charles II was no exception. He had at least seven different mistresses…
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Appeal to raise £60K for completion of landmark King George IV statue for Ramsgate Harbour

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30th July 2021
Organisers of the celebrations marking Ramsgate’s 200-year status as a Royal Harbour are appealing for £60,000 so a landmark statue of King George IV can be finished. The bicentennial weekend events are planned for 24-26 September and will boost the fundraising needed for the 15ft statue’s bronze casting, site groundworks, and plinth.While the statue will be in honour of the King…
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Forty years on: The Wedding Dress of Diana, Princess of Wales

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29th July 2021
It is perhaps the most famous royal wedding dress of them all. The gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for her marriage to the Prince of Wales on July 29th 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral has a special place in royal history. Designed by David and Elizabeth Emanual, it came to symbolise the fairytale wedding that hundreds of millions of people around the world tuned in to watch. The ending was far…
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State & Ceremonial

A sense of normality - Changing of the Guard takes place for the first time in 17 months

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23rd July 2021
On Thursday, for the first time since March 2020, the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards performed the Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle. The ceremony marks the moment when soldiers who are currently on duty, the Old Guard, exchange places with the New Guard.[getty src=”1234111567″ width=”594″ height=”372″ tld=”com”]The Household Division…
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