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Royal Wednesday: Queen opens Commonwealth games

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23rd July 2014
<![CDATA[Upon their arrival on Wednesday at Glasgow Central Station, The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh headed to the official opening of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Her Majesty and Prince Philip were joined by Charles and Camilla at a reception to mark the opening of the Games. Also attending were the Earl of Wessex, who is vice patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation, and The Countess of…
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History Rewind: Her Majesty presides over Manx Millennium

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5th July 2014
<![CDATA[ On 5 July 1979 The Queen presided over the Isle of Man’s 1000th open-air sitting of Parliament. She was only the second British Monarch to satisfy this duty in person. The last monarch to do so was Her Majesty’s father, King George VI in 1945. Her Majesty is the Lord of Mann as the official usage is applied for traditional and cultural reasons. The title Lord of Mann, though, was…
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The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles and Camilla to visit Dumfries House

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27th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh along with The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay (as Charles and Camilla are known whilst in Scotland) are scheduled to visit Dumfries House on Wednesday, 2 July. Built between 1754 and 1759 for the 5th Earl of Dumfries, Dumfries House has remained the same for the past 250 years. The main rooms, furnishings and contents are still as they were when the…
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The Queen and Prince Philip visit the gaol and Game of Thrones

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24th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh had a full schedule on Tuesday during their visit to Northern Ireland. The Royal couple first stopped at Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast. On 31 March 1996 the Governor of Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol walked out of the fortified prison slamming its gates shut for the final time. The closing ended a 150-year history of imprisonment, conflict and…
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