British Royals

Post Office campaigner becomes Sir Alan Bates at first autumn investiture

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26th September 2024
The Princess Royal has hosted the first autumn Investiture at Windsor Castle and the Post Office campaigner Alan Bates received a knighthood.  Sir Alan is best known for his hard-fought campaign for post office staff who were wrongly convicted of fraud, a decades-long battle to have injustices righted.  The 70 year old from Wales was listed in The King’s Birthday Honours list that was…
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The discreet and dutiful duke who just marked a major milestone

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27th August 2024
This year, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester is celebrating his 80th birthday. His name is perhaps more familiar than his face for, despite over five decades of life on the royal frontline, the duke remains as discreet as he is dutiful. Prince Richard was born 26 August 1944 at St Matthew’s Nursing Home in Northampton. Prince Richard’s father, Henry, Duke of Gloucester the third son of…
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A royal love story: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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19th February 2024
Their love is perhaps one of the strongest in royal history, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His early death impacted the rest of her reign as a depressed widow who took every opportunity to pay tribute to her late husband. Albert was Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha…
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Coronation photo marks birthday of the Princess of Wales

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9th January 2024
A new behind the scenes image from the Coronation has been shared by the Royal Family to mark the birthday of the Princess of Wales. As Catherine turned 42, on January 9th 2024, a photo of her from the historic ceremony was released. It shows the Princess smiling at the newly crowned King and surrounded by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. Wishing The Princess of Wales a very happy…
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A very Windsor Christmas

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14th December 2023
Nearly 25 years after her grandfather George V became the first to deliver a Christmas broadcast, Queen Elizabeth II would carry on the tradition and create history in her own way. Christmas 1957, The Queen’s Christmas broadcast was televised for the first time. During her message, she spoke on the tradition her late father, George VI passed on to her. She also addressed the nation from the same…
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