Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth will take private audience with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

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4th July 2017
Tomorrow, Queen Elizabeth will hold a private audience with Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau. Since becoming Prime Minster in 2015, The Queen and the Prime Minister have met once. The meeting was held at Buckingham Palace just after Trudeau and the Liberal Party won the Canadian elections. This time around their meeting will take place at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland as Her Majesty…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Wimbledon for a day of tennis

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3rd July 2017
The Duchess of Cambridge has arrived at Wimbledon for the first day of the world famous tennis championship. The Duchess is attending in the capacity of Patron of Wimbledon, a position she took over from The Queen last year. Wimbledon was one of 25 organisations Her Majesty stood down from in December 2016 due to her advancing age and the gradual decline in her workload. It was no surprise that…
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The Queen marks Canada Day with a Canada-themed portrait

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1st July 2017
It is Canada’s 150th birthday, and the Queen of Canada is celebrating the special occasion with a new Canada-themed portrait. Sitting on an ornate gold-coloured chair and wearing a pale gold dress, Her Majesty sported a platinum Canadian maple-leaf brooch on her left shoulder, a piece of jewellery she inherited from her mother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The portrait was taken by…
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Duchess of Cambridge to appear in BBC documentary about Wimbledon

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29th June 2017
Ahead of the start of the 201 Wimbledon Championships next Monday, the Duchess of Cambridge has spoken of her love for the sport of tennis in a new BBC documentary. Sue Barker: Our Wimbledon celebrates 90 years of Wimbledon coverage on the BBC and sees Sue Barker travel around the world to find out what it is about Wimbledon that inspires so many and turns even the unlikeliest people into tennis…
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