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Barack Obama jokes about Queen’s “bling” revealed in new book

In The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Barack Obama’s former national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, reveals that the then-President and First Lady of the United States were in awe when they met The Queen on an official visit to the UK in May 2011. Rhodes writes that though President Obama felt “wonderstruck” by The Queen he also saw in her similarities to his beloved…
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Royal ladies top list of fashion influencers

Global fashion search platform Lyst, has released a new interactive report exploring 100 years of the royal fashion effect. Some of the royal influencers included in the report are Queen Elizabeth II, Diana Princess of Wales, and the newest royal lady, Ms Meghan Markle. The report combines historical insights with current global fashion search data, tracing the origins of the British royal fashion…
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Shaq has no idea who The Queen is

There was a royal interlude during an interview segment on The Late, Late Show with James Corden late last week, as guests Victoria Beckham and former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal talked about the royals. “How is designing Meghan’s dress going? Is it going well?”…
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Bid to nominate The Queen for a Nobel Peace Prize to be discussed next week

In her 66 years on the throne, there aren’t many accolades or awards The Queen hasn’t received, but next week during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the topic of nominating her for a Nobel Peace Prize will be on the table. “It is being discussed by different high commissioners,” a source told The Telegraph. “They want to nominate her for what she has done for the…
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The Queen Mother's advice to her daughter is revealed

On the 66th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne, a former lady-in-waiting to The Queen Mother and a friend of The Queen has revealed the advice that the Queen Mother passed along to her young daughter. Lady Penn sat down for a Channel 5 documentary series about the Queen’s reign, scheduled to air tonight, and told the interviewer about how The Queen Mother gave her daughter…
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