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King Willem-Alexander and Duke of Sussex take in wheelchair basketball final ahead of Invictus Closing Ceremony

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23rd April 2022
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands joined the Duke of Sussex at the wheelchair basketball final in The Hague’s Zuiderpark. Princess Margriet, the King’s aunt, and her son, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, also attended the event that saw the Dutch team face off against the American team. The Dutch royals were seen cheering hard for their team, but Team Netherlands wasn’t able…
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King Charles III

The Prince of Wales sets a 'children's challenge' to mark Earth Day

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22nd April 2022
The Prince of Wales is challenging young people around the world to design their dream future with nature at its heart. Prince Charles has set the challenge to mark Earth Day 2022. In a video message, he calls on children and young people to ”draw, paint or write about” the future they want to see. He asks them to put the natural world at the centre of their vision. His call…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Gun salutes mark The Queen's 96th birthday

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22nd April 2022
To celebrate Her Majesty’s 96th birthday, The Tower of London fired a 62-round gun salute. With The Queen turning 96, one might wonder, why 62 rounds? Twenty-one rounds represent a royal anniversary while 20 rounds are fired to reflect the tower’s status as a royal palace and fortress. As for the other 21 rounds, those are for the City of London, symbolising the city’s…
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British Royals

The discreet house where one of the most famous royal stories of all began

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21st April 2022
Not all kings and queens are born in castles. The tale of the longest reigning Monarch in British history began in a London townhouse. To be precise, No 17, Bruton Street, Mayfair for that is where Elizabeth II was born. In the 1920s this now famous address was the London townhouse of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. Their residence in the capital had already featured in one famous royal…
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