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Greek government plans to turn former Royal Palace into five-star spa-hotel

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26th January 2021
The former Greek Royal Palace of Tatoi is to re-open, but not as a royal palace. The Greek government, who seized the property when the Greek monarchy collapsed, plans to reopen the palace as a hotel. Tatoi Palace is the former summer palace of the Greek royal family and is located at a 10,000 acres estate, 27 kilometres from the city centre of Athens. For the last 50 years the Palace has been…
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History

Famous romantic fiction based on real-life royals

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21st January 2021
Last week, Sarah, Duchess of York announced that she would be co-authoring a Mills and Boon romance novel about her great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott. Royal romances are a popular topic both in books and on the screen.Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in The Young Victoria, VictoriaQueen Victoria and Prince Albert’s relationship is a popular subject for the…
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Palaces & Buildings

The Queen cancels all garden parties in 2021 due to the escalating public health crisis

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5th January 2021
The Queen has been forced to cancel all garden parties, both in London and in Edinburgh, for the entirety of 2021.The announcement comes just a day after the United Kingdom entered a full-scale lockdown – the third of such in the space of ten months.The garden parties, which were due to be held at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, have been called due to the…
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Royal Residences: A brief history of Sandringham House

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3rd January 2021
There are only a handful of Christmases that The Queen has not celebrated at Sandringham, 2020 being amongst them. Learn more about the main house on Her Majesty’s estate in Norfolk.Where is it located?Sandringham House is located in the Parish of Sandringham in Norfolk in the East of England. The Grade II property is set in 20,000 acres in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding…
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