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Platinum Jubilee: Jubilee visits to Papua New Guinea

In honour of 70 years of the throne, senior members of the Royal Family are touring the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth. With The Princess Royal set to visit Papua New Guinea in honour of the Platinum Jubilee, Royal Central is taking a look at past Jubilee visits to the country. The Queen marked her first visit to the country in February 1974 alongside The Princess Royal and the…
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A royal wedding, decades in the making

It was a wedding 35 years in the making for Prince Charles and Camilla. On April 9, 2005 after a royal scandal, a tragic death, forbidden love, two marriages and four children, Charles and Camilla were finally able to tie the knot. But like the years leading up the ceremony, the wedding day was no walk in the park. First of all, the day itself had to be rescheduled. Originally meant to take…
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Milestones of a Monarch: Farewell to Hong Kong

It was a colonial conquest that was supposed to be as “good as forever” but after more than 150 years of rule, at midnight on July 1, 1997, Britain handed over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong became part of the British Empire after the First Opium War in 1842. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Britain was able to pressure China to expand the area of British Rule to…
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Charles and Camilla in poignant visit to the Rock of Cashel, following in The Queen and Prince Philip's footsteps

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall paid a visit to one of Ireland’s most spectacular architectural landmarks on Friday – the Rock of Cashel. On the second and final day of their visit to Ireland, the couple traveled to Tipperary’s most famous location during a poignant visit which mirrored a similar engagement carried out by The Queen and Prince Philip back in…
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