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Only eight women have been named TIME Magazine's 'Person of the Year'; Queen Elizabeth and Wallis Simpson are two of them

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7th December 2017
Yesterday, TIME Magazine named their ‘Person of the Year’. The 2017 honour went to the Silence Breakers. The issue covers the storeys of 33 women and two men who came forward to accuse their sexual abusers. The two men are Terry Crews and Blaise Godbe Lipman. The front cover of the magazine features Ashley Judd, one of Harvey Weinstein’s first accusers, Taylor Swift who took a…
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How other royal engagements have been announced over the years

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6th December 2017
Now that the dust has settled a bit with the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry in May 2018, we take a look back at how some other royal engagements have been announced over the years. Belgium: In September 1999, the Belgian Royal Palace announced that then-Prince Philippe was engaged to fellow Belgian speech therapist Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz. It came as a surprise…
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Meghan Markle to spend Christmas with The Queen at Sandringham

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3rd December 2017
Meghan Markle will spend Christmas with The Queen and other members of The Royal Family at Sandringham this year the Christmas celebrations. According to The Times, Prince Harry asked his grandmother for an exception to the unwritten rule that fiancées are not welcome to spend Christmas at Sandringham. The Duchess of Cambridge was not invited to Sandringham at Christmas when she got engaged to…
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