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British Comedian Russell Brand slammed for equating Queen's German heritage to Nazism

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21st July 2015
British comedian Russell Brand has this week attracted significant criticism for a post on social media site Facebook in which he equated The Queen’s German heritage to Nazism. The post garnered significant attention from Brand’s 3.4m Facebook followers, many of whom were appalled by his expletive-ridden rant, taking to the comments section to express their outrage. Brand, well known…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Queen and Royal Family set to mark 70th anniversary of VJ-Day in London

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18th July 2015
The 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day will be commemorated by the Royal Family on Saturday 15th August as The Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, will attend a service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. On the same day, the Prince of Wales will be accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall as they attend a Drumhead Service and wreath laying ceremony on Horse Guards Parade…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince George's second birthday marked with commemorative coin from Royal Mint

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15th July 2015
Prince George turns two years old on the 22nd July and to mark this special occasion, the Royal Mint have released a commemorative sterling silver £5 coin. The limited edition coin depicts a contemporary re-imaging of the St George and the dragon legend by Christopher Le Brun whilst the other side bears the current portrait of Her Majesty The Queen by Jody Clark. Speaking of the recently released…
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The Sussexes

Prince Harry announces a second Invictus Games

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14th July 2015
Prince Harry has announced that the second Invictus Games will take place in Orlando, Florida in 2016. The news came in a video recorded last month by Harry and published today on the Kensington Palace Twitter account. The games will take place from May 8th to Mary 12th 2016…
The Yorks

Prince Andrew installed as Chancellor of University of Huddersfield

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14th July 2015
The Duke of York was installed as the new Chancellor of Huddersfield University yesterday, succeeding the 11-year term of actor Sir Patrick Stewart. The appointment, which is Prince Andrew’s first university chancellorship, came with an honorary doctorate and both were awarded during a ceremony at the university. Prince Andrew is installed as Chancellor and recievees his honorary doctorate…
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