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Kensington Palace marks longest serving monarch with film installation

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4th September 2015
Kensington Palace is to mark the date Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-serving monarch with a new film installation celebrating the reigns of The Queen, and her predecessor as longest serving monarch, Queen Victoria. The Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens and has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century. Kensington Palace Drawing…
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Things are starting to bloom this month as Duchess of Cornwall accepts garden presidency

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1st September 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall has recently agreed to become president of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. The Duchess of Cornwall is pictured here visiting the Big Lunch Project at the Skainos Centre in East Belfast in May 2015. Founded in 1953 by nurseryman Harold Hillier, it began as the Hillier Arboretum after he acquired Jermyns House and its grounds. The gardens are a charitable trust…
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Prince Charles pays tribute to Scottish soldiers killed in World War One

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24th August 2015
As commemorations continue around the world to mark the centenaries of many battles of World War One, Prince Charles has paid his own tributes to soldiers from a remote part of Scotland. Charles laid a wreath at a new memorial cairn built to honour soldiers from the Moray farming community and several of the neighbouring parishes who died in the conflict. The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to…
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BBC to broadcast special documentary as Queen becomes longest-reigning Monarch

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20th August 2015
On the 9th of September this year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will make history as she becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history. To mark the occasion, BBC One will be airing a documentary, ‘The Queen’s Longest Reign: Elizabeth & Victoria’. The Queen will overtake her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest reigning monarch on…
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