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Saving lives - The Countess of Wessex becomes a vaccine centre volunteer

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25th February 2021
The Countess of Wessex has begun volunteering with St John Ambulance and the NHS at a vaccination centre in Greater London as part of the Royal Family’s wider support for the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Sophie’s first shift was Thursday, where she helped record medical details and provide information about the vaccine to those who had come to receive their shot. Sophie, who is Grand…
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The Queen calls out the selfishness of those refusing to have a Covid vaccine

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25th February 2021
The Queen has made a stark intervention in the Covid-19 rollout, with a message for those who are refusing to have a vaccine. In a video call with health leaders, the 94-year-old monarch said that those refusing to have the vaccine “ought to think about other people rather than themselves”. The Queen’s remarks are aimed to encourage those who do not want to have the vaccine, or are…
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Prince William makes a private donation in memory of six park rangers killed during an ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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24th February 2021
The Duke of Cambridge has made a private donation to the Thin Green Line Foundation’s Fallen Ranger Fund in honour of six Rangers killed during an ambush in the Virunga National Park last month. Announcing the news on Twitter, the Foundation wrote: “We are very grateful to The Duke of Cambridge for his recent support…for the families impacted by the devastating loss of six Rangers at…
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Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s engagement interview: “Whatever in love means”

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24th February 2021
On the 3rd February 1981, Buckingham Palace announced what should have been one of the most joyous announcements of the century for the British monarchy – the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Forty years on, and Netflix has recently released the new series of ‘The Crown’, which highlights this momentous occasion and, in turn, once again brings attention to that…
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