Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Page boy standing 8ft away from the Queen faints during Queen's speech

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4th June 2014
<![CDATA[A page boy, who was standing just 8 feet away from the Queen, fainted as she read out her speech to the House of Lords. The page boys stand just a few feet away from the Queen Just under nine minutes in from the start of the speech, a loud thud was heard as the boy fainted onto the ground. The Duchess of Cornwall, who was sat beside the boy, looked on with concern as he was carried…
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Why The Queen is about to get a new, very distant royal cousin

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3rd June 2014
<![CDATA[The news that Princess Charlene is expecting her first child came as a bit of a surprise to European royal watchers.  The birth of this latest royal baby, at the end of 2014, will give Monaco a new hereditary prince or princess, and secure the succession for the dynasty of Albert II.   But it will also give The Queen a new, very distant royal cousin. The connection between the…
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FeaturesInsightPrince & Princess of Wales

Interview: New portrait of The Duchess of Cambridge gets Royal seal of approval

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1st June 2014
<![CDATA[Whilst in Scotland on Thursday, The Earl and Countess of Strathearn were shown a portrait of Catherine from a local artist, Tom Sutton-Smith; I have been fortunate enough to talk with Glenys Andrews, who presented the portrait to the Royal couple as Mr Sutton-Smith was in Paris, as well as the artist himself. “The event organisers asked Perthshire Open Studios to curate an art…
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British Royals

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor welcome third son

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1st June 2014
<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Lord Nicholas Windsor and his wife welcomed their third child, a son, into the world. The baby, who was given the name Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor, is the second cousin, twice removed of Her Majesty The Queen. Lord Nicholas is the youngest…
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Her Majesty's Prime Ministers

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30th May 2014
<![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth II has only been on the Throne for five years, and is about to embark upon new weekly audiences with a new Prime Minister. In the continuation of this series of blogs, we will be looking at the life and times of The Queen's third premier, Harold Macmillan. Born on the 10th February 1894, Maurice Harold Macmillan was brought into the world at 52 Cadogan Place in…
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