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Contents of the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester’s Northamptonshire manor up for auction

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27th August 2022
A stately manor house once belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester is the centre of an auction that will see its contents—in some cases with royal provenance—up for sale. Prince Richard and Birgitte lived at Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire until the mid-‘90s, when they moved to Kensington Palace because they could not afford to pay for the 436-year-old home any…
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Why is the Princess Royal called Anne?

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25th August 2022
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s only daughter end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual one for members of the Royal Family? The answer can perhaps best be found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of a princess. In August that year, the future George VI and his Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) welcomed their second daughter. The baby girl was born at…
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The exotic precedent set by a Monarch for appointing a Prime Minister away from Buckingham Palace

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16th August 2022
As the Queen prepares to appoint the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign, the question of where she will welcome them is much discussed. Her Majesty is now in Balmoral for her annual summer break but is understood to be planning to return to London to accept Boris Johnson’s resignation and then ask his successor, chosen by the Conservative party, to form a new government. However, there is…
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The Earl of Wessex: ''the Games have brought the spirit of the Commonwealth to life''

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9th August 2022
The Earl of Wessex has thanked the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands for their ”inspiration” as he officially closed the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Earl, who is Vice Patron of Commonwealth Sport, thanked volunteers, organisers and competitors for their enthusiasm and hard work in his speech at the end of the 22nd Games. Speaking at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham…
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