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Royal Family portraits to be displayed at Buckingham Palace this summer

This year’s summer opening of Buckingham Palace will see a number of Royal Family portraits displayed at the ‘Prince & Patron’ exhibition. This year marks the 70th birthday of the Prince of Wales and to celebrate, the exhibition will bring together over 100 pieces of work that he has personally selected from either his own collection or the Royal Collection. The collection…
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Emma Dent Coad MP wants The Queen and Prince Philip to move out of Buckingham Palace

Labour MP Emma Dent Coad has stated that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh should find alternative accommodation and hand Buckingham Palace over to the public if taxpayers are having to pay for the palace’s refurbishment. MP Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency includes Kensington Palace, strongly disagrees with the £369 million 10-year renovation of Buckingham Palace being funded by the…
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The Wedding Cake of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

It’s the cake that keeps on giving. The flower strewn bake that took centre stage at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on April 29th 2011 still makes its presence felt with slices of it popping up at auction with what seems like an almost metronomic regularity. But then there was plenty to go round as this was a whopper of a cake. Standing eight tiers tall and weighing in at over…
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Buckingham Palace's Summer Opening Exhibition to mark 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales

During the ten weeks of the Summer Opening of the State Rooms in 2018, visitors to Buckingham Palace will be able to enjoy a unique exhibition to mark the 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales, entitled Prince and Patron, the Royal Collection has announced today. His Royal Highness’s acknowledged love of art is reflected in work supported by three select charities under his patronage…
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