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Royal Residences: A brief history of Gatcombe Park

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22nd December 2020
Where is it located?Gatcombe Park is located in between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, South West England. Highgrove House, another royal residence, is located six miles away near Tetbury.When was it built and when was it used as a royal residence?The Grade II listed building was built in the late 18thcentury following the designs by George Basevi.
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Royal Residences: A brief history of York Cottage

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20th December 2020
Where is it located?York Cottage is a house situated within the grounds of the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk in the East of England. It is sometimes referred to as the Bachelor’s Cottage and was built as an overflow residence for the main Sandringham House.When was it built and when was it used as a royal residence?The year the cottage was built is not recorded, however in 1893, it…
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Did you know? The strange and startling secrets of England's kings and queens

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17th December 2020
All the monarchs who have ruled England since 1066 have some gruesome, controversial or memorable fact that defines their reign. From exploding bodies to losing the crown jewels and even dying from eating too many peaches, Royal Central has put together a definitive list of the most interesting facts about each king and queen. WILLIAM I-When he died, his body was swollen from an…
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The exiled Empress and the Führer

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12th December 2020
Hermine Reuss of Greiz was one of the five daughters of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz and his wife, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her childhood was overshadowed by the death of her mother in childbirth and the incurable disability of her only brother. A 13-year…
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Royal Wedding Dresses: Princess Lilian of Sweden

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7th December 2020
It’s one of my all time favourite royal wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since Prince Bertil of…
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