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The Queen's Reign in Style: the iconic outfit from the Silver Jubilee

The Queen has been a fashion plate throughout her 70-year reign, and some outfits have become legendary. Among the most iconic is the bright pink dress The Queen wore at her first jubilee celebrations in 1977, when she decided to go bold to celebrate 25 years on the throne. The Queen wore an instantly iconic bubblegum pink dress for the Service of Thanksgiving and subsequent events held in…
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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen has the US national anthem played after 9/11

September 11, 2001, changed the world after the attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. The Queen showed her support for the American people by having the US national anthem played at Buckingham Palace. On 13 September 2001, The Queen ordered that the “Star Spangled Banner” be played during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. It was an unprecedented…
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The day The Queen met Marilyn Monroe

Queen Elizabeth II has welcomed a dozen Prime Ministers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; she’s met nearly every American President of her reign; she meets the movers and the shakers of the arts, politics, science worlds—but has there been a more iconic meeting than when The Queen met Marilyn Monroe, the queen of mid-century Hollywood? In October 1956, only four…
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Milestones of a Monarch: Barbados becomes a republic

The Queen has seen countries gain their independence from The Crown throughout her reign, with the most recent being Barbados’s transition to a republican country last November. Barbados was claimed as a British colony during the reigns of James I and Charles I in the 1600s and became independent on 30 November 1966 (with the Duke of Kent attending the celebrations), though it chose to remain…
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