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145 Piccadilly: The Queen's Childhood Home

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20th April 2017
Following her birth on April 21 1926 at the home of her maternal grandparents at 17 Bruton St Mayfair, the baby Princess Elizabeth moved to the house that her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, had takenat 145 Piccadilly W1. This would be the house in which she would spend the first years of her childhood, as well as White Lodge in Richmond Park.These were the residences where the…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

State Opening of Parliament likely to be delayed following snap general election

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18th April 2017
The annual State Opening of Parliament will likely be delayed until June this year due to the surprise snap general election that will take place in a couple of months time. The ceremonial event usually takes place in May, however, as Parliament will be dissolved it is not possible to open a Parliament that doesn’t exist. The Queen will likely open the new Parliamentary session in mid-June…
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Who will The Queen appoint as Prime Minister in June?

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18th April 2017
Theresa May has announced that she will call a snap General Election for June 8th in which the British public will go the polls and vote for a new government. The current Prime Minister will stand in the election as leader of the Conservative Party – but there are also many other candidates. Theresa May – Conservatives Theresa May, who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for…
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Prince Harry reveals he has sought counselling to come to terms with his late mother's death

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16th April 2017
In an unprecedentedly candid interview, Prince Harry has revealed that he sought counselling in the years after his late mother’s death in order to come to terms with his loss. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Prince Harry said that he underwent two years of ‘chaos’ in his twenties when he came close to a breakdown on a number of occasions. He said that despite his brother…
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