Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Queen set to attend Order of the Bath service

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3rd May 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen is set to attend the service for the Order of the Bath in Westminster Abbey this Friday, the first time she has attended the quadrennial service since 2006. Her Majesty, who will be joined by the Prince of Wales as Great Master of the order, will invest new senior knights during the occasion as well as attending the religious service during the occasion. The chapel of the…
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History Rewind: King George VI opens Festival of Britain

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3rd May 2014
<![CDATA[On 3 May 1951 King George opened The Festival of Britain at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank. The festival was coordinated to commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It exhibited Britain's c past, present, and future contributions to society through the arts, science technology and industrial design. Crowds gathered as the Royal Family made…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit to Ystrad Mynach

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30th April 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh stopped in Ystrad Mynach on Wednesday as part of their two-day visit to Wales. The Royal couple paid a visit to wrapping paper company International Greetings UK Limited. Residents and schoolchildren gathered to await Her Majesty with hopes of seeing her arrival. “We are extremely privileged and overjoyed that Her Majesty the Queen and The Duke of…
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Princess Beatrice: "Dyslexia is an opportunity"

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29th April 2014
<![CDATA[Last week, Princess Beatrice visited the Globe Academy in Southwark and the Bolingbroke Academy near Clapham Junction, to see how dyslexic students are supported by the Drive for Literacy Programme. The programme is an initiative to develop reading and writing skills in children. This cause is very dear to the Princess, as she too was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was seven years…
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