Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

The face of a nation: New coin portrait of The Queen unveiled by Royal Mint in London

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2nd March 2015
The Royal Mint has, this morning, unveiled the new portrait of The Queen which will soon appear on UK coins in an event at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Adam Lawrence, CEO of The Royal Mint unveils the new portrait of The Queen which will appear on UK coins from today. The new portrait, only the fifth time it has changed in Her Majesty’s reign, replaces the current Rank-Broadley…
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The Edinburghs

Countess of Wessex to join The Gloucesters at reinterment of King Richard III

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28th February 2015
The Countess of Wessex will join The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at the reinterment service of former King, Richard III, Leicester Cathedral has announced this week. The reburial of the last Plantagenet English monarch will take place on the 26th March at Leicester Cathedral, following the discovery of the King’s bones underneath a city car park in 2012. Speaking of the modern Royal…
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The Sussexes

Prince Harry expected to move to Australia and New Zealand

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28th February 2015
Australasia is bracing itself for a royal visitor within the next year as reports suggest that Prince Harry will be seconded to Australia and travel on to New Zealand before ending his military career. The man who broke the story in The London Evening Standard, Robert Jobson, told the Australian media that Harry “loved Australia when he made his short visit and wanted to spend more time…
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British Royals

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades- 1970s

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27th February 2015
The 1960s had come to an end and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was about to enter her eighth decade. The 1970s in Britain were notably famous for economic failure, weak government and demands for reform for many historic British institutions, the Church of England, Armed Forces and the law to name but a few, some were even demanding reform for the Monarchy itself. Queen Elizabeth The Queen…
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