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King Charles and Queen Camilla spotlight African fashion history

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5th November 2022
The King and Queen Consort have been visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington this week to see a new exhibition. King Charles and Queen Camilla were met at the V&A on Thursday, 2 November by Director Tristam Hunt, Chairman Sir Nicholas Coleridge, and Lord Lieutenant for Greater London Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE. The V&A is the largest textile museum in the world, and a new…
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Mid-air drama for Queen Camilla as a bird collides with her plane

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29th October 2022
A plane carrying Queen Camilla was involved in a mid-air drama on Friday as it appeared to collide with a bird. The British Airways Boeing Aircraft was carrying Her Majesty The Queen Consort from Bangalore in India to London Heathrow. Videos and pictures captured on landing showed the nose of the plane with massive damage caused by a bird strike. Queen Camilla, who is believed to have…
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House of Lords hears end of Elizabeth II's reign had ''elements of a regency''

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25th October 2022
A member of the House of Lords has described the last year of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign as having ”elements of a regency” about it. The remarks came in a debate on another day of political turmoil in the United Kingdom. As King Charles III was preparing to appoint a new Prime Minister for the first time in his reign, the upper house began talking about reviewing the…
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King Charles becomes first monarch to have art sold at auction

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23rd October 2022
King Charles has become the first British monarch whose artwork has sold at auction, fetching nearly £5,800 at Bonhams. The print is from an original painting that the king created at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire in 2001. King Charles had 100 prints made from the artwork; the one sold through Bonhams’ Scottish Home Sale last Thursday was the 18th print in the collection, was signed…
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