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Duchess of York's Street Child charity raises £2.8M to send children to school

Street Child, backed by its founder patron Sarah, Duchess of York, announced it had raised a total of £2.8 million pounds from its latest campaign to get children into education. “I am delighted to announce that Street Child’s ‘Count Me In’ campaign raised the fantastic total of £1.4M which the UK Government is matching thanks to UK Aid Match,” said the duchess. “With the…
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Duchess of Cornwall commemorates golden anniversary of The Donkey Sanctuary

Yesterday, on her 72nd birthday, the Duchess of Cornwall helped commemorate the golden anniversary of The Donkey Sanctuary. Camilla was welcomed on arrival by Sidmouth Primary School students from the fifth and sixth years, as well as The Donkey Sanctuary’s CEO, Mike Baker who was her guide for the tour of the headquarters. Courtesy of The Donkey Sanctuary Part of her visit included getting to…
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Princess Anne's mourning for her mother-in-law

There was a poignant tinge to recent engagements carried out by the Princess Royal. As Anne visited Yorkshire on Monday she was dressed in black, a reminder that the princess is in mourning for her mother-in-law who died earlier this month. Sir Tim Laurence’s mother, Barbara, passed away on July 2nd 2019 at the age of 90. She died at a nursing home a few miles from Gatcombe Park in…
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Prince of Wales says next 18 months critical for humanity when dealing with rapid climate change and biodiversity loss

The Prince of Wales warned late last week that the next 18 months would be crucial to the survival of humanity with the rise of global warming. Prince Charles made the remarks at a reception in his London residence, Clarence House, for Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, where he touched upon the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda. The Prince joked…
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