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Ascot Landaus and Barouches - the significance of the carriages used at Trooping The Colour

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14th June 2025
The annual Trooping The Colour parade is taking place at Horse Guards to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign.Some members of The Royal Family are attending the event on horse back, with the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal and Duke of Edinburgh processing down The Mall on horses from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Whereas in previous years The King also took part in the…
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The most extraordinary and unbelievable royal scandal

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13th June 2025
There are a number of events in English royal history that seem extraordinary and unbelievable, but the warming pan scandal has to be at the top of the list. The son of James II and Mary of Modena had a very interesting start to life and would be questioned for decades.James II was not an overly popular monarch; he was Roman Catholic (and was married to a Roman Catholic), attempted to…
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Henry VIII's first royal wedding

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12th June 2025
King Henry VIII is known for his six wives. They were divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded – and one survived. However, before he charged down the path of continually trading in wives to hopefully find the “one”, he married his elder brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon, at Greenwich Palace on 11 June 1509. Daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of…
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The emerald ring that changed the monarchy forever

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12th June 2025
She was the woman who would change royal history forever. Wallis Simpson’s romance with King Edward VIII led to him deciding between love and duty. In the end, it was a choice of love. The King Emperor abdicated the throne as he was unable to marry the American divorcée in the Church of England at the time. The throne passed to his brother, Albert, who became King George VI. And Edward headed…
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