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Princess Anne lends her name to unpaid carer charity appeal

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18th May 2021
The Princess Royal has lent her name to a charity appeal for unpaid carers to mark her 70th birthday.Princess Anne, who is President of Carers Trust, has helped launch Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Respite Fund For Carers, which will aim to support approximately 30,000 unpaid carers over the next three years with £3 million in donations from major donors, corporate supporters, trusts…
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Zara at 40: The Early Years

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15th May 2021
The daughter of the Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips) was born 15 May 1981 at 8:15 p.m. in the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in London, weighing in at 7lbs and nine ounces. Other members of the Royal Family have…
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Why isn't Zara Tindall a Princess?

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9th May 2021
One question which has been asked over the years is why Zara Tindall, like her brother, Peter Phillips, does not have a royal title, unlike their royal cousins. They are neither prince nor princess and don’t have the style of HRH in front of their names.Their…
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The history behind the Duchess of Cambridge's royal wedding tiara

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29th April 2021
The Cartier Halo Tiara earned its way into the royal history books when it was worn by Miss Catherine Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011. Commissioned by the Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II’s father in 1936, from the House of Cartier, the tiara is made from 1000 diamonds and platinum. Embed from Getty Images Three narrow bands of brilliant cut diamonds form the base, which is…
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Princess Anne heads to the bin depot on first engagement since grandson's birth

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25th March 2021
The Princess Royal carried out her first engagement since becoming a grandmother for the fifth time, visiting the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service to thank the essential workers in waste and recycling collection.The Waste Service is a shared facility that operates out of Waterbeach and is used by the South Cambridgeshire District and Cambridge City Councils. During her visit, Princess…
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Royal Residences: A brief history of Clarence House

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28th December 2020
Clarence House has been an active royal residence since it was completed in 1827. Learn more about the Queen’s former home here.Where is it located?Clarence House is a British royal residence which is located on The Mall in the City of Westminster, London. The four-storey building is attached to St James’s Palace and is less than a five-minute walk from Buckingham Palace.When…
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