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A Calendar of Queens: April

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20th April 2020
April brings spring, brighter weather, a flurry of flowers and an array of anniversaries. The fourth month of the year has been the backdrop for some milestone events involving England’s queens, both regnant and consort. Here’s our Calendar of Queens for April.BirthsApril is a month for queens regnant. Queen Mary II, who shared power with her husband William III, made her debut…
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Why is Queen Margrethe called 'Daisy'?

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20th April 2020
Last week, Queen Margrethe of Denmark had to celebrate her birthday in a different way than planned because of the coronavirus pandemic. Many royals from Europe had come together and made a very special video greeting for the Danish Queen. Many people noticed that several…
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Clare Waight Keller, Duchess of Sussex's wedding dress designer, leaves Givenchy

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11th April 2020
Clare Waight Keller, who designed The Duchess of Sussex’s wedding dress, has left Givenchy.She previously worked at Pringle of Scotland and Chloe before becoming the first female leader of the French fashion in 2017. In a statement, Clare Waight Keller said: “As the first woman to be the artistic director of this legendary maison, I feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to…
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The Royal Escape from Oslo: 9 April 1940

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9th April 2020
This year, in 2020, marks 75 years since World War II ended. It is also the 80th anniversary of war coming to the Monarchies of Norway and Denmark. While the Danish royal family was taken prisoner by the Nazis, the Norwegian royal family managed to escape and carry on the war from exile for the next five years.As early as 1939, both the Allies and Nazi Germany began to make invasion plans of…
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The Great Seal of the Realm - a piece of history to savour

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7th April 2020
The Great Seal of the Realm is a piece of history to savour. We don’t get to see it all that often and when it does make an appearance, it more than packs a punch.For this seal is part of a tradition that goes back to before the Norman Conquest and which, for centuries, has symbolised the very power of the Monarch.This is the main seal of the Crown and signifies the Monarch’s…
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