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The Prince and Princess of Wales join Queen Camilla to celebrate Team GB's first golds

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30th July 2024
While The Prince and Princess of Wales are watching the 2024 Summer Olympics from their home at Windsor, they are keeping a keen eye on the Paris games and have sent their congratulations to Monday’s big winners. Day three was a major day for Great Britain at the Olympics. Both the Equestrian Eventing Team and Tom Pidcock (mountain biking) won gold medals in their events, Britain’s…
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Another first for the reign of King Charles III and this time it's golden

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29th July 2024
Team GB’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics brought a special royal moment with it and it’s been 76 years in the making. After their win the the team eventing, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Ros Canter stood on the podium to hear the national anthem played. And for the first time since 1948, that was God Save The King. While the winners were singing for Charles III, it was…
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The tiara designed by a prince for a queen

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28th July 2024
The Queen Victoria Emerald Tiara was designed by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Thetiarawas made by court jewelers under his supervision in 1845. According to records, the Prince took a key interest in the re-cutting of the Koh-i-Noor…
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The royal bride who had the last laugh by marrying her second choice prince

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26th July 2024
Mary of Teck, the fairytale princess who hid her story behind a wall of stone faced dedication to duty, was set on a path that would bring her a crown on July 6th 1893. On that summer’s day, she married the future George V in a huge royal wedding that turned them into a king and queen in waiting. The bride, whose parents had been so cash strapped that they had taken her and her siblings…
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The Duke of Kent pays visit to Kent

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26th July 2024
The Duke of Kent paid a visit to Dover on Wednesday, returning to Kent for an important engagement. The 88-year-old royal was on hand to celebrate the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s 200th anniversary with a visit to its Dover station. It was a full-circle…