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The Queen's Birth: what the papers said

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21st April 2018
If you think royal baby fever is a new thing, think again. Back on April 21st 1926, when the Queen was born, there was plenty of excitement over the arrival of a new princess who – at the time – was several steps removed from the Crown and never expected to rule. No matter, as the papers of the time reported, this royal birth was a major event and those things we think peculiar to our own time…
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92 facts about The Queen

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21st April 2018
As The Queen turns 92-years-old, Royal Central takes a look at some interesting, funny and sometimes bizarre facts about the monarch.As a teenager, the then Princess Elizabeth, and her sister Princess Margaret, would act out and perform a number of pantomimes during the…
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The end of an era? The Queen hosts Commonwealth leaders for what is expected to be the final time

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19th April 2018
The Queen hosted the leaders of the Commonwealth for dinner at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening – the final time she is expected to do so. World leaders from 53 member states of the Commonwealth joined The Royal Family at the banquet as the dignitaries paid tribute to The Queen. It is thought that this is the last Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that Her Majesty will preside…
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OBITUARY: Willow - The Queen's last corgi

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18th April 2018
The Queen’s last remaining corgi, Willow, died this week at the age of 14 after being put to sleep following a cancer-related illness. The fawn coloured dog, who was about to turn 15-years-old, was Her Majesty’s last corgi. The 91-year-old Monarch made the decision to stop breeding dogs a few years ago due to her advancing age. Corgis have been a part of The Queen’s life for…
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Shaq has no idea who The Queen is

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16th April 2018
There was a royal interlude during an interview segment on The Late, Late Show with James Corden late last week, as guests Victoria Beckham and former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal talked about the royals. “How is designing Meghan’s dress going? Is it going well?” Corden asked Victoria Beckham. She responded with laughter, then, “Maybe you know something I don’t?” She then…
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