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Remembering the Duke of Edinburgh: the royal wedding that set him on an historic path

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14th April 2021
On the morning of Thursday, 20 November 1947, thousands lined the streets of London along the processional route between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey; crowds thronged down the Mall, pressing against the Palace gates. Millions listened to the radio broadcast that was made. Post-war Britain took an enormous interest in the royal wedding and many thousands watched the film of the event…
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Diana, Princess of Wales's famous 1995 interview coming to Netflix

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3rd April 2021
Diana, Princess of Wales’s infamous 1995 interview with BBC’s Martin Bashir, is coming to Netflix in April. Diana, The Interview that Shook the World will premiere on the streaming platform on 11 April. The documentary focuses on the interview where she spoke about her marriage to Prince Charles and his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. The late princess famously said about Prince…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Olav of Norway and Martha of Sweden

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21st March 2021
It was a royal wedding for the history books, the marriage of a future king and a regal love match to boot. On this day in 1929, Olav of Norway married Martha of Sweden in Oslo. The couple’s romance had captured the public imagination while their rather glamourous wedding brought huge crowds to the streets of the Norwegian capital. Let’s rewind nine decades and remember the wedding…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Princess Patricia of Connaught

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27th February 2021
When Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in 1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a man with no royal title.  She had given up her own HRH to become his wife. Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, second daughter of Victoria’s third son, the Duke of Connaught, walked into Westminster Abbey on February…
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