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A busy day in Leeds for the Countess of Wessex

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12th October 2016
Tuesday was indeed a busy day for members of the British Royal Family. The Countess of Wessex visited two organisations where she serves as patron, both in Leeds. Her first stop was at the Leads Children’s Hospital where she opened a facility called The Place 2b. This facility was created for adolescent and teen patients who spend a great amount of time in hospital. It provides them the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Meeting the Duchess of Cambridge during #RoyalVisitNL

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11th October 2016
The Duchess of Cambridge performed her first solo foreign visit today as she visited the Netherlands. She was dressed in a blue skirt suit by Catherine Walker and wore pearl earrings loaned to her by Her Majesty the Queen. She teamed the outfit with Gianvito Rossi suede pumps. Her first stop was a lunch with the King of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander at his home at Villa Eikenhorst.
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Queen Elizabeth II

Brian Blessed: ''Queen is enchanting professional''

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9th October 2016
It is not unusual for those who get the chance to meet the Queen to speak of their awe at her warm and kind character. And it seems that veteran actor Brian Blessed is no different. Speaking after receiving an OBE from the monarch at Windsor Castle for services to art and charity, the 79-year-old acting legend said that Her Majesty was ‘‘the finest we’ve ever produced with mystical…
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FeaturesHistoryPrince Philip

Royal Dukedoms - Duke of Edinburgh

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7th October 2016
The title Duke of Edinburgh is linked to the capital of Scotland, and was first appointed in 1726, and but it is not a Scottish peerage as such, but a Peerage of Great Britain, and it is an appointment given to members of the British Royal Family. The title does not carry any land or properties with it and it will return to the crown if there are no descendants. It was first granted to Prince…
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