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A city status bid from the Falklands in The Queen's Platinum Jubilee contest

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23rd December 2021
Stanley in the Falkland Islands has applied for city status as part of the contest marking The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The full list of areas hoping to win the coveted title has been revealed with the final decision resting with Her Majesty. She’ll be advised by a panel and ministers with the choices announced in the spring of 2022. Those applying were asked to show their…
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Questions over whether The Queen will miss the annual Christmas Day church service at Sandringham

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12th December 2021
There are questions over whether The Queen will attend the annual Christmas Day church service at Sandringham on December 25th as tougher restrictions on social gatherings once again come into force. The Queen, who very rarely misses the religious service at St Mary Magdalene Church, may be forced to stay at home on Christmas morning instead of attending the traditional event with her…
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Queen Elizabeth receives Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women of Leadership Award

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5th December 2021
The Queen has received the prestigious Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women of Leadership Award. In a ceremony at the US Library of Congress last Thursday, The Queen was honoured for her lifelong commitment to the people of the Commonwealth and her leadership throughout the nearly seven decades of her reign. The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women of Leadership Award, named after the late US Supreme Court…
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Inside the Jubilee Exhibition: The Queen's most famous portrait?

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22nd November 2021
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Royal Collection Trust will be staging three different exhibitions in 2022. The exhibition at Buckingham Palace will focus on her Accession, the Windsor Castle exhibition on her Coronation, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse exhibition on her Jubilees. The Buckingham Palace exhibition will feature some of the most famous portraits of The…
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