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Queen Mother Helen of Romania to be reburied in Romania

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3rd September 2019
The remains of Queen Mother Helen of Romania, born Helen of Greece and Denmark, will be repatriated to Romania in October.Helen was a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Helen will be laid to rest with her son King Michael I of Romania – who died in 2017 – at the new Archdiocesan and Royal Cathedral.Helen married Crown Prince Carol of Romania on 10 March 1921…
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History

When Charles I prorogued Parliament

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29th August 2019
With the date for Brexit currently set on 31 October 2019, the UK Parliament is fast running out of time to debate all of the options. However, on 28 August, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked The Queen to suspend Parliament for five weeks until 14 October. When MPs return then, there will be a new Queen’s Speech, outlining the new domestic agenda. The Queen has agreed to suspend…
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State & Ceremonial

Jeremy Corbyn calls on The Queen to overrule the Prime Minister

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28th August 2019
The Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, has written to The Queen expressing his concern over the planned prorogation of Parliament.Mr Corbyn, who is leader of the Labour Party, has also requested a meeting with the monarch.In his letter to The Queen, Mr Corbyn said: “There is a danger that the royal prerogative is being set directly against the wishes of a majority in…
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History

On this day 40 years ago: Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA bomb

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27th August 2019
On 27th August 1979 Her Majesty The Queen’s cousin, LordMountbatten, was tragically killed by an IRA bomb blast whilst on his boat in Ireland.It wasn’t just Mountbatten who perished in the boat; one of his twin grandson’s, Nicholas, and a local boat boy, Paul Maxwell, also died as a result of the bomb explosion.Another passenger on the boat, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, died the…
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