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Duchess of Cornwall hosts reception to celebrate 50 years of Man Booker Prize

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6th July 2018
The Duchess of Cornwall hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace on Thursday to celebrate 50 years since the founding of the Man Booker Prize for fiction. The Man Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK. The Duchess, who has presented the last five Man Booker Prizes, hosted the event to mark the start of…
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Princess Elizabeth and the Summer of 1938

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5th July 2018
In 1938, 80 summers ago, twelve-year-old Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Margaret, looked forward excitedly to their annual holiday in Scotland during August and September. Only the recent death of their beloved maternal grandmother, the Countess of Strathmore, would mar their visit to Glamis Castle, still occupied for part of the year by their grandfather, the…
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Prince William takes to Twitter to congratulate Team England on their win

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4th July 2018
After England won against Colombia in a penalty shootout, Prince William took to Twitter to join in the pride being shared across the nation. The Duke of Cambridge, also president of the Football Association, tweeted from Kensington Palace’s twitter account in a rare move. He wrote: “I couldn’t be prouder of England – a victory in a penalty shootout! You have well and truly earned your…
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Royal Family portraits to be displayed at Buckingham Palace this summer

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3rd July 2018
This year’s summer opening of Buckingham Palace will see a number of Royal Family portraits displayed at the ‘Prince & Patron’ exhibition. This year marks the 70th birthday of the Prince of Wales and to celebrate, the exhibition will bring together over 100 pieces of work that he has personally selected from either his own collection or the Royal Collection. The collection…
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