Queen Elizabeth II

Monarchy cost each person 56p last year

<![CDATA[The annual Sovereign Grant report – the report on the Monarchy's public finances in the last year – was published today, showing in Monarchy's expenditure was £35.7 million for the year 2013-2014.The Sovereign Grant, which covers everything from the cost of staff to the cost of maintaining the royal residences, was introduced by Parliament in 2011 to replace…
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Prince PhilipQueen Elizabeth II

The Queen and Prince Philip visit the gaol and Game of Thrones

<![CDATA[The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh had a full schedule on Tuesday during their visit to Northern Ireland. The Royal couple first stopped at Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast. On 31 March 1996 the Governor of Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol walked out of the fortified prison slamming its gates shut for the final time. The closing ended a 150-year history of imprisonment, conflict and…
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The Sussexes

Prince Harry's first day in Brazil

<![CDATA[Today Prince Harry began his week-long tour of Brazil and Chile, attending engagements in Brasilia. To the backdrop of the World Cup, Harry met withpatients undergoing rehabilitation for neurological and orthopaedic problems. The Prince spoke with thosewho attend the hospital for treatment and their families. At one point, the mother of a girl named Eduarda welled up after…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Duchess of Cambridge visits WWII's newly refurbished Bletchley Park

<![CDATA[The Duchess of Cambridge has visited Bletchley Park today, the hub of intelligence during the Second World War. Bletchley Park, located in Milton Keynes, played such a key role in WWII, that it is thought the work that took place there, intercepting and decoding intelligence, shortened the war by two years.Bletchley Manor was chosen by ‘Captain Ridley’s Shooting Party’…
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