Queen Elizabeth II

ROYAL YEAR IN REVIEW: The death of Queen Elizabeth II - the end of a truly historic reign

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31st December 2022
In the end, it was a shock that still seems surreal. When Buckingham Palace announced, in genteel language, on September 8th 2022 that Queen Elizabeth II was unwell, the possibility that the Monarch who had been part of so many lives for so long was about to pass on the Crown was almost too much to take in. Slowly, quietly and then quickly, starkly, millions in the UK and around the world began a…
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Queen Elizabeth II's final time at Buckingham Palace

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30th December 2022
On 8 September, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. Like many moments of her life, her funeral and remembrance events were covered and watched all over the globe. As thousands of mourners lined the streets of London, many stood by to pay their final respects as Her Late Majesty left Buckingham Palace for the final time. Several days after her death and after returning…
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ROYAL REVIEW OF 2022: A year of change for William and Catherine

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30th December 2022
Catherine celebrated her 40th birthday in early January, and we covered the milestone in usual style. There were deep dives into her arts-related patronages, sports-related patronages, and children’s patronages; her use of royal jewels and style evolution; how mental health became a defining focus for her work; how her first decade as a member of the Royal Family played out (plus 10 key moments…
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Queen Camilla

YEAR IN REVIEW: Camilla's time as Queen-in-Waiting

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29th December 2022
Queen Camilla. At the beginning of the year, it was still a prospective title; we didn’t even know if it would ever be used. The official line in January was still that Camilla would someday be referred to as Princess Consort, but in February, that all changed with one…
British Royals

YEAR IN REVIEW: The queue that became a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

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29th December 2022
In the end, it had to be that way. The British are known for their love of queuing and so, as national mourning for Queen Elizabeth II began, so, too, did a line of epic proportions. Hundreds of thousands of people joined it, standing and walking in the cold and dark for a chance to pay their own tribute to the longest reigning Monarch in British history. On September 14th 2022, the coffin of…
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