Palaces & Buildings

Westminster Hall floors damaged after thousands of mourners for Queen Elizabeth II

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1st December 2022
The historic original floors in London’s Westminster Hall are now showing signs of damage just a couple of months after 250,000 mourners came to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II. A House of Lords spokesperson said the Yorkstone floor is seeing some delamination or discolouring of the stone. This often occurs when the outer surface is split into thin layers, and they start to…
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King Charles III to unveil first posthumous statue of Queen Elizabeth II on York visit

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8th November 2022
King Charles III will unveil a statue of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in York as part of a two-day visit to Yorkshire, marking the first posthumous statue of the late monarch. The two-metre (6ft 7in) statue will sit on an empty niche adjacent to the South West Door on the West Front of the 800-year-old York Minister Cathedral. The statue was initially planned to be unveiled in…
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Paddingtons left in memory of Queen Elizabeth II to go to Barnardo's

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16th October 2022
In a fitting tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, all the Paddington Bears and other teddy bears left outside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will be donated to the children’s charity Barnardo’s. Buckingham Palace announced that over 1,000 teddy bears left outside royal residences in the days after Elizabeth II’s death will be cleaned and delivered to their new homes, sharing a…
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Features

Is Queen Elizabeth II the greatest monarch of them all?

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10th October 2022
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon”. These are the shocking words that echoed through the United Kingdom just a month ago. Despite her age and her health concerns in recent times, the death of Queen Elizabeth II came as a surprise to many and caused a country to think, again, about its own image. Looking back at those days and the late Queen’s life, it’s fascinating…
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