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Queen only days away from becoming longest-reigning British Monarch

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21st August 2015
The Queen is just 19 days away from becoming the longest-reigning monarch in British history, overtaking great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. According to Royal Central‘s calculations, The Queen will overtake Queen Victoria on 9th September at 4.18pm. Reliable records show Queen Victoria’s reign spanning from 2.12am on 20th June 1837 to 6.30pm on 22nd January 1901, a total…
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'Long To Reign Over Us' displays to open celebrating The Queen's remarkable reign

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18th August 2015
To mark the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen becoming Britain’s longest reigning Monarch on September 9th, special photographic displays will open at various royal residences across the country. The Queen becomes Britain’s longest reigning monarch on 9th September. Entitled ‘Long To Reign Over Us’, the displays will open from Wednesday 9th September at Windsor Castle, the…
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New photo exhibition shows Queen, Camilla and William in remarkable mirrored portraits

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1st August 2015
A new exhibition which begins this month at Eleven in London titled The Queen’s People is set to show some of Britain’s high office holders in their traditional outfits, using a photographic technique inspired by 17th century portrait painting. The collection of photographs, which will go on display from 19th August – 19th September this year, are all produced in the same…
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Buckingham Palace reacts to images showing The Queen as a child appearing to give Nazi salute

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18th July 2015
Buckingham Palace has said it is disappointed by the decision of The Sun newspaper to publish an image taken in 1933 of The Queen performing a Nazi salute under the gaze of her uncle, the man who later became Edward VIII. The image that appears on their front page this morning is taken from a 17 second video that the newspaper has also published. That footage shows the then Princess Elizabeth of…
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