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The Queen and family attend Epsom Derby after busy visit to France

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7th June 2014
<![CDATA[After her three day state visit to France, which included commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Her Majesty The Queen made the ‘Derby Dash’ back to the Epsom Downs Racecourse to see Australia win the Investec Derby. Her Majesty was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra The Honourable Lady Ogilvy as…
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The Queen honours war dead at Arc de Triomphe

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5th June 2014
<![CDATA[On Thursday, The Queen honoured France's war dead by placing a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The Queen and the President lay a single wreath together at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier #QueeninFrance pic.twitter.com/hka7KGMECu — BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) June 5, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Her Majesty…
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The Queen delivers her speech to Parliament

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4th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen has delivered her yearly legislative speech at the State Opening of Parliament. The speech is the way in which the government sets out their legislative agenda for the coming year. Pictures today of the State Opening of Parliament via @BritishMonarchy pic.twitter.com/B7VV7setLb — Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) June 4, 2014 This year’s 10 minute speech was full of drama…
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Why The Queen is about to get a new, very distant royal cousin

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3rd June 2014
<![CDATA[The news that Princess Charlene is expecting her first child came as a bit of a surprise to European royal watchers.  The birth of this latest royal baby, at the end of 2014, will give Monaco a new hereditary prince or princess, and secure the succession for the dynasty of Albert II.   But it will also give The Queen a new, very distant royal cousin. The connection between the…
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