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Confusion as Ed Balls, Frank Skinner and Harry Hill perform at The Queen's Birthday Party

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21st April 2018
People took to social media on Saturday evening to air their confusion over one of the acts asked to perform at The Queen’s 92nd birthday party. Comedians Frank Skinner and Harry Hill were joined on stage by Former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls, who performed a number in tribute to George Formby OBE. The Royal Family showed their appreciation following the performance Playing…
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The Queen's Birth: what the papers said

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21st April 2018
If you think royal baby fever is a new thing, think again. Back on April 21st 1926, when the Queen was born, there was plenty of excitement over the arrival of a new princess who – at the time – was several steps removed from the Crown and never expected to rule. No matter, as the papers of the time reported, this royal birth was a major event and those things we think peculiar to our own time…
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92 facts about The Queen

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21st April 2018
As The Queen turns 92-years-old, Royal Central takes a look at some interesting, funny and sometimes bizarre facts about the monarch. As a teenager, the then Princess Elizabeth, and her sister Princess Margaret, would act out and perform a number of pantomimes during the…
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Royal Baby Name Focus: Alice

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20th April 2018
Haven’t we been here before? As the arrival of baby Cambridge number three closes in, so do the odds on a new princess being called Alice. Ahead of the birth of Princess Charlotte, the A name was in the frame as top pick for a baby girl and we all know how that one ended. However, that hasn’t stopped Alice being among the bookies’ favourites should the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcome…
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