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Prince Charles and his Greek Ancestry

Last week it was announced that Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall would travel to Greece later this month and attend its Bicentenary Independence Day celebrations.  This will be Charles’s third visit to a country where his royal ancestry goes back three generations. The Prince of Wales’s great-grandfather, King George I of Greece, was the…
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British Royals

Letters from Diana sell for over £67,900 at auction

A collection of letters written by Diana, Princess of Wales, to her friend Roger Bramble have sold at auction for over £67,900. The collection, which numbers nearly 40 letters written between 7 August 1990 and 16 May 1997, was sold through David Lay Auctioneers by a young relative of Bramble’s. Bramble, who’d known Diana since her childhood and had been a confidant of hers throughout…
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Trooping the Colour is cancelled for second year in a row

For the second time amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trooping the Colour will not take place. The event, marking The Queen’s official birthday, usually takes place in June. However, owing to the pandemic, it has been cancelled for 2021. Thousands usually line the streets for the event which sees a battalion troop its colour in the Queen’s Birthday Parade. The Royal Family travel to…
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The Royal Week, in Pictures

One week, seven days and plenty to talk about. In another week dominated by speculation about what might be happening behind closed Palace doors, royalty across Europe has continued with changed agendas that reflect the times in which we all now live. As the pandemic…
Princess Anne and Family

The time Princess Anne fell victim to an escaped parrot during an official engagement

The Princess Royal once fell victim to a wolf-whistle while conducting an official engagement, but all was not as it seemed. Taking to Twitter over the weekend, thousands of users have been sharing stories which sound like a lie, but are absolutely true. Rig Saunders recounted his unlikely story on the micro-blogging site involving The Queen’s daughter and an escaped parrot. Mr Saunders…
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