State & Ceremonial

Mary Berry 'absolutely overwhelmed' to be awarded with a damehood in The Queen's Birthday Honours

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9th October 2020
One of Britain’s best loved cooks, Mary Berry, has been rewarded with a damehood in The Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours.Dame Mary has been named as a recipient of the prestigious honour for her services to broadcasting, the culinary arts and charity.The 85-year-old said she is “absolutely overwhelmed to receive this very great honour”.She said: “For most of my life I…
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State & Ceremonial

Lorraine Kelly 'grateful and humbled' as she receives a CBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours

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9th October 2020
Scottish television presenter Lorraine Kelly has received a CBE in The Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours List.The 60-year-old journalist is receiving the prestigious accolade for services to broadcasting, journalism and charity.Lorraine has been a broadcast journalist for over 35 years, having started her career as a reporter on TV-AM.In 1993, she helped launched ITV’s…
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Palaces & Buildings

Buckingham Palace cancels all investitures and receptions for the remainder of 2020

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1st October 2020
Buckingham Palace has announced that all investitures and receptions due to be held in the coming months have been cancelled.These events, which would normally attract heavy footfall, are now unable to go ahead at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle until 2021 at the earliest.Despite there being hopes of investitures being able to go ahead in a socially distanced manner, palace aides have…
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HistoryInterests

Who was Leopold III of Belgium?

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25th September 2020
Leopold III was the fourth King of the Belgians (the Belgian King is known as the King of the Belgians rather than King of Belgium). In the early years of his reign, he was a popular figure; however, he became a divisive figure after he surrendered the Belgian army to the…
FeaturesHistory

The christening of Queen Victoria

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17th September 2020
Unlike the christenings of Queen Victoria’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the christening of the future Queen is an event about which far less is known. It was not the subject of a painting, nor was much written about it as the ceremony itself was a strictly private one, by order of the Prince Regent. Much later, the many baptismal services which were performed within The…
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