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On this day 64 years ago: The Queen Mother's devastating bellyflop at the Grand National

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24th March 2020
March 24 marks exactly 64 years since The Queen Mother suffered one of the cruelest defeats in the history of sport when her horse bellyflopped at the finishing line of the Grand National. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was a huge horse racing lover, with it being estimated that she had owned more than 500 winners in her lifetime.  In 1956, Her Majesty was about to achieve what no royal…
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Princess Beatrice's upcoming wedding is severely scaled back due to coronavirus

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18th March 2020
Princess Beatrice’s upcoming wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi has been significantly scaled back because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic engulfing the world. The Daily Telegraph reports that the couple have been forced to cancel their wedding reception at Buckingham Palace due to the new social distancing guidance issued by the British government. It is also likely that the wedding…
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Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii

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8th March 2020
While most of our “Last Queens” series focuses on consorts, this particular last queen was a reigning monarch. Liliuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of Hawaii before the Hawaiian kingdom was overthrown. It became the shortlived Republic of Hawaii…
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Windsor Castle opens its first café

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7th March 2020
Until now, hungry visitors to Windsor Castle had to look outside its walls to grab a meal or a quick cup of tea. But this week, the Royal Collection Trust announced the castle has opened its very first café. Located in Edward III’s medieval Undercroft, one of the oldest surviving spaces in the 1,000-year-old castle, the Undercroft Café serves a variety of freshly prepared meals and drinks…
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A Calendar of Kings: March

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2nd March 2020
Every royal life is peppered with milestones, the moments that mark beginnings and ends, filled with joy and sometimes sadness. On Royal Central, we’re charting the famous dates throughout the year in our Calendars of Kings and Queens. And as March gets well and truly under way, it’s time to look at the regal landmarks that month has brought. Here is a Calendar of Kings for March. Hatching…
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