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The Queen's 2021 Christmas Broadcast to be "deeply personal" with a tribute to her beloved late husband Prince Philip

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23rd December 2021
The Queen’s upcoming Christmas Broadcast is set to be “deeply personal” according to royal sources, with Her Majesty paying tribute to her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. The 95-year-old monarch looks likely to make a moving tribute to her ‘beloved’ husband of 73 years in her message which will be broadcast to the nation and the Commonwealth on Christmas…
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The Queen now likely to mark historic anniversary of her reign at Windsor

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21st December 2021
The Queen will most likely be at Windsor Castle on the day she reaches the 70th anniversary of her reign. It’s just been announced that Her Majesty won’t now travel to Sandringham for Christmas, as a precaution, given that coronavirus infections are on the increase around the UK. And her decision to pass the festive season at Windsor means that, in all probability, she will remain…
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The Queen's Medal for Poetry recognises popular artist

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11th December 2021
Her Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry has been awarded for 2021 to Grace Nichols, a Guyanese poet who moved to Britain in 1977. Nichols’ first poetry collection, I Is a Long-Memoried Woman, was published in 1983 and won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Her work celebrates her Guyanese and South American heritage while touching on issues of racism and immigration in Britain.  The Poetry…
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The Queen's Mistress of the Robes dies at age 101

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4th December 2021
Queen Elizabeth’s Mistress of the Robes, Ann Fortune FitzRoy, Dowager Duchess of Grafton, has died at the age of 101. Born Ann Fortune Smith on 20 February 1920, the Dowager Duchess was the senior lady in the Royal Household, and her duties included organising the rota of The Queen’s ladies-in-waiting and attending to various duties at state ceremonies. Historically, the Mistress of the…
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