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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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Inside the Jubilee exhibitions: Coronation on show at Windsor Castle

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18th November 2021
The Royal Collection Trust will be staging three different exhibitions in 2022 to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The exhibition at Windsor Castle is set to explore The Queen’s Coronation in 1953. Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Coronation will be on at Windsor Castle from Thursday 7 July to Monday 26 September…
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The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara: an iconic royal jewel

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17th November 2021
The Queen has numerous tiaras to choose from for formal occasions. However, there are a few that she turns to again and again. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of those pieces, and even features in the first portraits taken during her reign. Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara was given to Princess May of Teck as a wedding present. Society hostess…
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The Queen misses Remembrance Sunday commemorations at the Cenotaph for the first time in 22 years

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14th November 2021
The Queen has missed the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations at the Cenotaph – only the seventh time she has not been present at the service in her seven-decade reign. In a statement on Sunday morning, Buckingham Palace said that the 95-year-old monarch had sprained her back forcing her to remain at Windsor Castle to rest. It is understood that this us unrelated to recent medical…
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