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British Comedian Russell Brand slammed for equating Queen's German heritage to Nazism

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21st July 2015
British comedian Russell Brand has this week attracted significant criticism for a post on social media site Facebook in which he equated The Queen’s German heritage to Nazism. The post garnered significant attention from Brand’s 3.4m Facebook followers, many of whom were appalled by his expletive-ridden rant, taking to the comments section to express their outrage. Brand, well known…
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Peter Phillips shares more details on the big party for The Queen's 90th birthday

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9th July 2015
The Queen’s grandson, Peter Phillips, has said that the huge street party he is helping organise to mark her 90th birthday next year should ‘reflect the service she’s given to all her organisations and charities’. The Patron’s Lunch, which will take place on The Mall on June 12th 2016, will see 10,000 people sit down and enjoy a picnic in the centre of London. The…
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Rumours that The Queen is moving to New York City addressed by Buckingham Palace

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7th July 2015
For those of you may that may have worried that Queen Elizabeth II may be travelling across the pond for a new life in New York City, you may rest as these are nothing but rumours. The property blog the Real Deal reported that a buyer recorded as ‘Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand’ was considering purchasing a condo at Zeckendorf Development’s 43-storey high United…
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The Queen visits Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as Germany State Visit concludes

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27th June 2015
Wrapping up her four-day State visit to Germany, the Queen laid a wreath at the Bergen-Belsen memorial in honour of the 70,000 Jewish, Russian and other prisoners. View image | gettyimages.com The tragedy of the acts committed at Bergen-Belsen lay with the gut-wrenching statistics of 70,00o lives lost, 30,000 of those Jewish and 20,000 were Soviets. “If I could live my life again I would…
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