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On This Day in 1997: The Queen addresses the nation following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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5th September 2020
At 6pm on September 5 1997, The Queen spoke live to the nation to pay tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died a week earlier in Paris. Her Majesty was placed under considerable pressure to deliver the unprecedented speech following a barrage of criticism directed at the monarch for her behaviour in the days after Diana’s death. The Queen had drawn criticism for staying in…
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September's most memorable royal moments

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1st September 2020
As we begin another month, Royal Central takes a look at some of September’s most memorable royal moments: 1 September 1878: On this day in 1878, Princess Alexandra of Saxe Coburg and Gotha was born in Germany to Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. The Princess went on to have three children with her husband Ernst II and died in…
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Forty facts about Princess Margaret

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21st August 2020
On 21 August 1930, one of the most famous royal stories of the 20th century began with the birth of Princess Margaret. The Princess lived an eventful life and died in 2002. On what would have been her 90th birthday, Royal Central rounds ups some of the most fascinating facts about Margaret Rose, sister to The Queen. She was going to be called Ann Margaret, but her grandfather King George V…
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Rescue plan for tomb of the English queen who never set foot in her realm

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4th August 2020
For a Queen of England who never set foot on English soil, her tomb has not been able to find a home either. Berengaria of Navarre was the wife of King Richard the Lionheart for eight years until his death in 1199. Berengaria and Richard had had no children together, and she settled in Le Mans in France. She died there in 1230, and she was buried near Le Mans at the l’Épau Abbey. The monks…
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