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#OnThisDay in 1999: Prince Edward marries Sophie Rhys-Jones

Today the Earl and Countess of Wessex celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. The couple met in 1993 at a tennis event and began dating afterwards, ultimately for six years before an engagement. The prince proposed with an engagement ring from Garrard & Co. worth an estimated £105,000. Sophie’s engagement ring is set in 18-karat white gold and features a two-carat oval diamond surrounded…
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53 members of Royal Family attend national service of Thanksgiving to celebrate The Queen's life

53 members of the Royal Family attended a national service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday morning to celebrate The Queen’s life as her official 90th birthday gets underway this week. Embed from Getty Images The Queen, who was wearing an…
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Members of the Royal Family attend Easter Day service

The Queen was joined by members of her family this morning as they attended the traditional Easter Day Service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor. Embed from Getty Images Dressed in bright Spring yellow coat and hat, the Queen made her way into the chapel alongside Prince Philip and her children: Prince Edward, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne. Also present for the service…
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Princess Anne was 2015's hardest working royal

The Princess Royal was the hardest working royal last year, having conducted 544 engagements, more than any other member of the royal family. Princess Anne, who undertook 456 UK engagements and a further 88 overseas engagements, overtakes Prince Charles as the hardest…
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Royal Family attend Christmas Day Church service

[getty src=”502442082″ width=”594″ height=”365″] The Queen and other senior members of the royal family came together on Christmas morning as they attended the traditional Christmas day service at Sandringham’s nearby church. Her…
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Royal Association: The Earl of Wessex and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation

Thursday evening will see the Earl of Wessex attend the International Golf for Youth Dinner held at Windsor Castle. The Earl serves as Chair and trustee for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Association, (IAA), a position he has held since 1987. The Earl also heads the International Council, (IC), the global governing body of the Association. The Earl of Wessex with John Reilly MBE…
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Prince Edward visits King Edward in Cornwall

Prince Edward was in Cornwall yesterday, to visit the site of the King Edward Mine restoration project. The Prince’s visit coincides with the completion of a conservation project to restore the historic buildings at the Mine. The Cornwall Council, which owns the site…
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Royal tributes to 'The Few' on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain Day counted on a lot of royal support this year.  This morning’s papers all tell how Prince Harry, attending the biggest flypast of World War Two planes in decades, gave up his place on one of the craft to ensure a veteran could fly. But Harry’s heroics were just one of the ways in which the Royal Family showed its support for the battle fought by those Churchill famously…
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