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The Queen to miss Festival of Remembrance for the first time in years

For the first time in years, Her Majesty The Queen will miss the Festival of Remembrance due to doctor’s orders. The Queen will not attend the annual Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall in London on 13 November. Organised by The Royal British Legion (RBL), the event is held on the Saturday before Remembrance Sunday. The event includes military displays by current members of the armed…
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Monument dedicated to Prince Edward unveiled

The U.K. Hgh Commission in Samoa has unveiled a new monument in Savai’i in honour of a visit to the big island by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, nearly 30 years ago. The monument was officially dedicated at the end of October at Prince Edward Park in Iva…
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The Earl of Snowdon: From headline grabber to genteel discretion

Some may know him as The Right Honourable David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and some may know him as The Queen’s nephew. The 3 of November marks 60 years since David was born to Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. Fully named David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones at birth, David was born 3 November 1961 at Clarence House. Baptised on 19 December in the…
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The Queen marks independence anniversary for Antigua and Barbuda

The Queen has sent a message of good wishes to His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda, to mark their 40th Anniversary of Independence.  Antigua and Barbuda were formally British colonies. Antigua was first colonised by the English in 1632 and Barbuda in 1678. Though originally separate colonies, Barbuda became a dependency of Antigua in the mid-nineteenth…
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The Queen carries out first engagements since hospitalisation

The Queen carried out her first engagement since her brief hospitalisation last week, conducting virtual audiences at Windsor Castle. On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth received two new ambassadors from her office at Windsor Castle, with the ambassadors appearing at Buckingham Palace. The Queen received the credentials of His Excellency Gunn Kim, Ambassador of South Korea and His Excellency Markus…
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