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UK government steps in to save Queen Victoria’s Coronet from exportation

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28th August 2016
The UK government have placed a temporary export ban on Queen Victoria’s coronet in an attempt to keep it in the country. Queen Victoria’s sapphire and diamond coronet is at risk of being exported from UK soil unless a buyer can be found for the £5 million piece. Designed by Prince Albert in 1840, the coronet is considered one of the most important jewels in Queen Victoria’s reign.
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Meet the new Duke of Westminster

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9th August 2016
It has been announced that the Duke of Westminster, Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, died on Tuesday at the age of 64. A question that many people have been asking is who will succeed the title of Duke of Westminster following His Grace’s untimely…
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Intimate ''game of Hearts'' letters by the Queen Mother to go on sale

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7th August 2016
A collection of letters penned by a young Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon- later to become known as the Queen Mother- to a wounded WWI soldier is set to go under the hammer. The six letters, which date between 1916-1919, offer an insight into the intimate friendship between the teenage and Private James Harding; one of many soldiers sent to recuperate at Elizabeth’s family home, Glamis Castle in…
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Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau invites all four Cambridges to visit Canada

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6th July 2016
With the one year countdown to Canada’s 150th anniversary having started on 1 July, an invitation was sent to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited the entire Cambridge family via a formal invitation sent to Kensington Palace. Kate Purchase, Trudeau’s director of communications said that the visit could be as early as this autumn…
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David Cameron to stand down as Prime Minister

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24th June 2016
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, has announced his resignation after six years in office following the the UK voting to leave the European Union. Mr Cameron says that he will stay in the role for three more months until October when his successor will replace him. In a statement outside of Number 10 Downing Street, Mr Cameron said that he has informed Her Majesty The Queen…
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