State & Ceremonial

Lord Adonis says Boris Johnson has committed an ‘extreme dereliction of duty’ as he puts The Queen into an ‘unconstitutional position’

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28th August 2019
A member of the House of Lords has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of commuting an ‘extreme dereliction of duty’ over the situation he has placed The Queen. Taking to Twitter Lord Adonis said: “For the prime minister to put the Queen in this unconstitutional position is an extreme dereliction of duty.” The Labour Peer is one of many politicians who have criticised the Prime…
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FeaturesRoyal Weddings

The weddings of Queen Victoria's children

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26th August 2019
Of the nine children of Queen Victoria’s children, one daughter married in London another on the Isle of Wight and one son in St. Petersburg. The remaining six married at Windsor, five at St. George’s Chapel and one in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle. The College of St. George was founded in 1348 and is inextricably linked with the Most Noble Order of the Garter, one of the oldest…
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British RoyalsHistoryInterests

The Crown's Helena Bonham Carter and her "scary" Princess Margaret encounter

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16th August 2019
The highly-anticipated new series of Netflix’s hit programme The Crown finally has a release date, with an all-new cast appearing on screens November 17, including Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret. And it turns out, the actress has had an interesting run-in with the princess herself. In Entertainment Weekly’s new cover story about the show, Bonham Carter shared that the…
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