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The Queen stayed up last night to watch her horse win a prestigious race in America

Despite having an early morning for Trooping the Colour, The 92-year-old Queen stayed up until the early hours last night to watch her horse race in the United States. Not only did her horse Call To Mind run in the $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup in New York, but it outclassed the other horses and won. The Queen’s Racing Manager John Warren told the Racing Post that Her Majesty stayed up into the…
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The Queen and Prince Charles open new exhibition at Westminster Abbey

This morning, Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, opened The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey. The exhibition will display over 300 treasures from Westminster Abbey’s collection, spanning its 1000 years of history. The new galleries are in the medieval Triforium, set more than 16 metres above the Abbey’s floor, which have never been open to the…
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The Queen & Camilla carry out joint engagement to celebrate Medical Detection Dogs

Her Majesty The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall attended the 10th-anniversary celebrations of Camilla’s patronage, Medical Detection Dogs, at the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace this morning. The 92-year-old Queen and 70-year-old Duchess watched a demonstration by the charity’s bio-detection dogs to showcase their ability to detect the odour of human disease. Medical Detection Dogs…
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The Queen's workload so far this year is up more than 25% from 2017

The Queen’s workload has increased by more than 25 per cent compared to the year 2017. Research conducted by royal journalist Patricia Treble of Write Royalty shows that Her Majesty has conducted more than 125 engagements so far in 2018 – a huge increase on the previous year. This could be down to a variety of factors, not least because of a bout of ill health the monarch suffered in…
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