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Isabella Windsor christened in the same gown worn by Princess Charlotte and Prince George

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5th July 2016
The five-month-old daughter of Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor was baptised last month in the same christening robe that was worn by Princess Charlotte and Prince George. It is a replica of the christening gown made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal in 1841. The original was worn by all royal until the christening of James, Viscount Severn in 2008. The replica was…
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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…
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Magna Carta survived to teach the world a lesson in liberties

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19th June 2016
Along the peaceful meadows of the River Thames in Surrey, and only a few minutes’ walk from where the John F Kennedy Memorial stands today, a hostile political dispute was settled 801 years ago. Inked with a mix of oak-gall sap and lamp black, Magna Carta, the most significant and arguably the most famous constitutional piece was sealed by one of the feeblest rulers in English history. King…
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Buckingham Palace Has Gone to the Ducks

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12th June 2016
After a fashion, in any event. We’ve been seeing people marking Her Majesty’s Official Birthday up and down the country and across the Commonwealth, from parades, to speeches, to garden parties held even in typically rainy weather. However one local resident of Bristol has decided to mark the occasion in his own fashion, and has thus dedicated the past six months to crafting a new duck house…
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Prince William revisits charity 22 years after visiting with his mother

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14th May 2016
The Duke of Cambridge visited the St. Vincents Centre in London earlier this week. It’s the first time he’s been back since he last visited in 1994 with his brother, Prince Harry and mother, the late Princess Diana. His presence was to commemorate the revamped centre which was started in 1980 by the charity, The Passage. For the past 36 years, this charity has ran the St. Vincents Centre as a…
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