Prince & Princess of Wales

'Our new Princess of Wales': how Catherine has made the title her own

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6th September 2023
Last September, Catherine was bestowed with a brand-new title and a task to make it her own.As the new Princess of Wales—and the first woman to use the title since her famous predecessor, Diana, Princess of Wales—she had an almost impossible mission of carving her own path and creating the association with her.Has she succeeded? Let’s look at Catherine’s first year as Princess of…
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The devastating secret that Princess Alice kept from her ailing husband, the Duke of Gloucester

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5th September 2023
The third son of King George V and Queen Mary, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was born on 31 March 1900.He was the first son of a monarch to be educated at school and went onto study at Eton College.His life was full of tragedy starting with not being able to continue his life with the woman he was having an affair with, Beryl Markham, and having to pay her and her husband hush-money for…
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The rarely seen royal blue tiaras of the Windsor collection

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5th September 2023
Sapphires have been one of the favourite jewels of the modern House of Windsor. The famous engagement ring, worn now by two Princesses of Wales, is one of the best known regal gems in the world. Meanwhile, Queen Camilla has made a sapphire tiara the symbol of her first months as consort, choosing it for the first State Banquet of her husband’s reign.The Royal Family has several other…
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Memorial to Queen Elizabeth II to be unveiled in 2026

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4th September 2023
Nearly a year after her death, the formation of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee to plan a permanent tribute to the late queen has been announced.The Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden announced that the work is now under way on a project focused on “designing a fitting tribute to her legacy of service to our nation and the Commonwealth,” which will be unveiled in 2026, the…
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