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#OnThisDay in 1833 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, mother of Queen Mary, was born

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27th November 2016
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was born on 27 November 1833 in Hanover, Germany. She was a granddaughter of King George III and great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Her parents were Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the youngest surviving son of George III, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel. She was the youngest of the couple’s three children. She was christened Mary Adelaide…
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Queen unveils new portrait of herself

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9th November 2016
A new portrait of the Queen by internationally acclaimed Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson has been revealed by the Queen. Embed from Getty Images The large canvas which is 4ft by 5ft, shows the Queen wearing a turquoise Karl Ludwig dress, smiling. The painting was produced from a 90 minute sitting at Buckingham Palace in May and marks the work of a charity promoting the reconciliation in…
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Prince Philip has flag trouble as he unveils wartime memorial

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3rd November 2016
Prince Philip has unveiled a monument to honour members of the Guinea Pig Club. Embed from Getty Images The Duke of Edinburgh, who serves as president of the club, unveiled the monument on 2 November. The club was formed in 1941, made up of severely wounded and burned men who were treated at the Queen Victoria Hospital using experimental techniques. The treatment of burns was in its infancy…
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Everything you need to know about Queen Elizabeth's Yacht Britannia

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29th August 2016
HMY Britannia by Tower Bridge. Credit: Lynda Poulter via Wikimedia Commons. In service from 1954 until 1997, HMY Britannia is the former royal yacht of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the British throne in 1660 and had HMY Mary built for him by the Dutch East India Company, and the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being a…
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