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Monarchy Monday: Investitures

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13th July 2015
The dream of attending an Investiture is something that makes up my dreams. An Investiture is where a person who is awarded an honour receives that award in person from The Queen, The Prince of Wales and sometimes The Princess Royal or Prince William.View image | gettyimages.comAnyone can nominate any person they see fit to receive an honour, following the guidelines of “achievement…
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Marching down The Mall: Changing the Guard

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1st July 2015
Henry VII not only founded the Tudor Dynasty in 1485, he also founded the concept of the Royal Body Guard, and for the last 520 years elite soldiers have guarded the King or Queen. He probably never envisaged the spectacle that now draws the tourists to London. The ceremony…
Palaces & Buildings

Bomb plot targeting Buckingham Palace and Parliament by schoolboys foiled

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23rd June 2015
Two schoolboys have this week appeared in court on trial for conspiring to commit terror acts in the United Kingdom, including bombing Buckingham Palace.The two schoolboys, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court where they admitted conspiracy to make an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose. As well as bombing Buckingham Palace, the teenagers, who…
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Palaces & Buildings

Spooktacular stories: tales of ghosts and other hauntings in the Royal Palaces

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23rd October 2013
Ghosts of wives and lovers, hauntings from scorned staff, frightful sounds, creaks and coughs. No, this is not a new film at the cinema or a book: These are the haunted Royal Residences. Buckingham Palace It is said that on the rear terrace of Buckingham Palace, a monk draped in a brown cowl haunts at night. A monastery once stood where Buckingham Palaces is located. The monk supposedly died in…
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