Queen Elizabeth II

Huge year-long celebrations for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee revealed by Buckingham Palace

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2nd June 2021
Buckingham Palace has unveiled a bumper programme of celebrations to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee In 2022 where she will mark 70 years on the throne. Her Majesty will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, having succeeded her father as monarch on 6th February 1952 when Her Majesty was only 25 years old. On Wednesday, a year-long programme of Platinum…
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King Charles III

Camilla's poignant link to sculptures about to take over London

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30th May 2021
A herd of elephants is about to take over the Royal Parks of London but this unusual display already has regal backing. The life size sculptures of Asian elephants are part of a project overseen by charity, the Elephant Family, which counts the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall as its Joint Royal Presidents. Camilla has a very poignant link to the organisation which works for the…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Joy for The Queen as her horse wins the Listed Achilles Stakes picking up £21,000 in prize money

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29th May 2021
There was much to celebrate for The Queen on Saturday after her horse won a prestigious race at Haycock Park. King’s Lynn, a four-year-old bay gelding, won the Listed Betway Achilles Stakes which was televised live on ITV to an audience of millions. Ridden by Oisin Murphy and trained by Andrew Balding, King’s Lynn won the five furlong sprint in an exciting battle to the line…
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The Yorks

Sarah, Duchess of York joins fight to save tree which inspired one of her books

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28th May 2021
Sarah, the Duchess of York, is campaigning to save more than 80 historic trees around her childhood home in Dummer. Not only does the Duchess have memories of these trees from her childhood, but they also inspired her book, The Enchanted Oak Tree. Writing exclusively in The Gazette this week, the 61-year-old shared personal memories of growing up on the farm near Basingstoke. “I…
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