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Knife-wielding man arrested outside Buckingham Palace as The Queen leaves for church service

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24th May 2017
A man wielding a knife was wrestled to the ground by at least eight police officers outside Buckingham Palace as the United Kingdom raised its security status to ‘critical’, meaning a terror attack is ‘imminent’. The event happened just as The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were leaving the Palace for a service at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the centenary of the…
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Her Majesty The Queen releases statement on Manchester bombing

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23rd May 2017
On Monday night, a bombing at the Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert killed 22 people and injured at least another 59. Ariana Grande reacted on Twitter last night about the suspected terror attack saying: “Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words.” Last night, Prime Minister Theresa May called the attack “an appalling…
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Review: Diana, A Spencer in Love

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21st May 2017
Written by Deb Stratas,Diana, A Spencer in Loveis both a work of fiction and non-fiction covering the years of 1980 and 1981 from Diana’s perspective. Stratas wrote in the Preface, “Diana, A Spencer in Love is a homage to a brave and glorious girl on the…
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The Queen could be your neighbor for only £4.35 million

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18th May 2017
Have you ever dreamed of being near royalty? How about counting them as neighbors? And better still, calling upon Her Majesty for tea? If you have £4.35 million you could buy one of the six apartments just put up for sale by the Beauchamp Estates Private Office. The luxury apartments are located a stone’s throw from the Palace at The Buckingham, 7-9 Buckingham-gate. The road and 12 acres…
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Diary entry reveals The Queen was bored during her father’s coronation

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15th May 2017
In a diary entry on 12 May 1937, from the then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York, the future Queen recorded the experience of watching her father’s coronation at Westminster Abbey. The diary entry opened with the fact that the day saw the young princess awakened at the early hour of 05:00 by the music of the Royal Marines band outside her window. Following an early breakfast, Elizabeth got…
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