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King Charles returns to Scotland to witness Aberdeen's refugee programme

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18th October 2022
King Charles was back in Scotland to visit Aberdeen and learn more about ongoing work in the city to help refugees resettle in the country.  Upon his arrival on October 17th 2022, His Majesty was welcomed by a cheering crowd that had gathered in front of the City Council building in hopes of seeing the Monarch.  Once inside, the King was given a talk about the programme, which is run by…
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King Felipe visits Operations Command for Afghanistan evacuation briefing

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9th September 2021
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain travelled to the outskirts of the Spanish capital to the Central Command of Operation, located in the Retamares Military base in the town of Pozuelo de Alarcón.  His Majesty made this visit to hear how the evacuation procedures from Afghanistan are going, the second time in only two weeks that he visited military bases that are participating in the process…
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The last King and Queen of Afghanistan

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28th August 2021
The last King and Queen of Afghanistan were exiled in 1973, and with the monarchy abolished, Afghanistan became a republic. The last King of Afghanistan was Mohammed Zahir Shah, who succeeded his father in 1933 at the age of 19, following the latter’s…
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Prince Harry's near death experience in Afghanistan

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18th March 2018
A new book recalls what Prince Harry’s life was like while deployed in Afghanistan. First examined in Robert Jobson’s ‘Harry’s War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince’. Katie Nicholl’s new book heads back to Prince Harry’s near-death experience in Afghanistan. Prince Harry toured with the Household Cavalry in 2007 in the Helmand province near the…
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Royal Family honour UK Armed Forces as Queen unveils Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial

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9th March 2017
The Queen unveiled a memorial in London today, recognising the Armed Forces contribution in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The stone sculpture, in Victoria Embankment Gardens, features a large, two-sided bronze medallion depicting the memorial’s theme of “duty and…
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Three royal weddings and a birthday

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4th September 2013
Basking in the exhilaration of Prince George’s recent nativity, royal watchers everywhere were treated to more blissful news this weekend as three royal couples were given their fairytale “happily ever after”. Prince Rahim finds a princess Prince Rahim, the eldest son of His Highness Aga Khan IV, wed beautiful supermodel Kendra Spears in a private ceremony on the shores of Lake…
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