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The Centenary of the House of Windsor

Today marks the century of a momentous decision, but one borne out of potential crisis and some would argue a very good call as European history panned out. Queen Victoria, had taken the decision in the nineteenth century to give the Royal House her husband’s title. Hence, she and subsequent monarch’s would-be members of the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, previously since the reign of…
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The Duchess of Cornwall turns 70

The Duchess of Cornwall is celebrating her 70th birthday today after a weekend of celebrations to mark the milestone occasion. Camilla invited family and close friends to Highgrove House on Saturday night for a private party to celebrate her birthday. Those who attended…
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New portrait released to mark the Duchess of Cornwall's 70th birthday

Clarence House has released a new portrait to mark the 70th birthday of the Duchess of Cornwall. To mark HRH The Duchess of Cornwall’s 70th Birthday, we are releasing this new portrait, taken by @MarioTestino. pic.twitter.com/tD05etWVl8 — Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) July 16, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The picture, which was taken in May, was captured by celebrity…
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Queen Diana or Queen Camilla: People have their say

The Duchess of Cornwall’s popularity is on the up, but when it comes to choosing a Queen, more people would still want to see Princess Diana take the title. A new poll by the Mirror newspaper has shown that 61% would have preferred the late Princess of Wales to be Queen when Prince Charles eventually takes the throne, while 14% said they would choose Camilla. But up to 39% of 2,000 people…
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The Duke of York has Twitter meltdown

[commentary] Analysis by Charlie Proctor, Royal Central’s Editor-in-Chief Social media accounts often make mistakes when scheduling tweets. Anybody who follows @RoyalCentral on Twitter will know we sometimes accidentally send tweets out at 10pm instead of 10am on…
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Prince Charles sits in the cockpit of a jet trainer

Prince Charles had a taste of how state-of-the-art aircraft operate as he took the cockpit seat of a Hawk T2 jet trainer, although he didn’t actually fly. The Prince of Wales looked excited as he was shown the controls by a squadron leader from IV(R) Squadron and Ascent Flight Training at the RAF Valley in North Wales, where His Royal Highness met some of the servicemen and women who work…
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