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All The Queen's Prime Ministers - who has held the top office in Elizabeth II's historic reign?

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31st August 2022
The Queen is about to see the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign. Boris Johnson announced his plans to step down and the Conservative Party has spent the summer picking his replacement. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will head to Buckingham Palace to be appointment Prime Minister by Her Majesty. They will become the fifteenth person to serve as UK Prime Minister in the reign of Elizabeth II.
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The Queen thanks Canadian group for swan named in her honour

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27th August 2022
The Queen has thanked a Canadian marsh and wetland preservation group for naming a swan in her honour. The Friends of Wye Marsh sent The Queen a letter back in June during the Platinum Jubilee weekend to alert her to their newest adopted trumpeter swan, C70, named Elizabeth in honour of The Queen. According to an earlier article from the Village Media publication group, the letter sent to…
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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…
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A hat to say thank you to The Queen

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25th August 2022
The Queen has worn countless hats throughout her 70-year reign, but her newest one has a special meaning behind it. On 24 August, as Ukraine celebrated its independence day, The Queen received a new hat from Ukraine as a symbol of the relationship shared between the United Kingdom and Ukraine. Melinda Simmons, the UK Ambassador to Ukraine, tweeted a photo of her receiving the hat on behalf…
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A very unusual photograph to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee

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14th August 2022
In honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the top Regimental mascots of the British Army gathered in Edinburgh for a special photograph. The mascots travelled to Scotland from all over the country for the photograph, which was kept a secret for months. Corporal Mark Wilkinson, Pony Major with the Royal Regiment of Scotland, told Force News about the special moment: “We came up…
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