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A right royal year! Royal Central team share their favourite moments

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28th December 2016
Charlie Proctor, Editor-in-chief: My favourite royal moment of 2016 has to be when The Queen and members of The Royal Family visited Poundbury and stopped by for a visit to the pub and Waitrose. The images of Her Majesty stood in the middle of the supermarket aisle, looking slightly bemused, is probably photo of the year. Not only that, but I had great fun writing headlines that day. I think I…
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The Queen joins mourners at the funeral of Margaret Rhodes

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12th December 2016
The Queen’s cousin, Margaret Rhodes was laid to rest today. She died on 25 November at the age of 91, less than a year older than her dear friend, Her Majesty. The Queen, who also lost her friend Lady Elizabeth Longman last Thursday, attended her cousin’s funeral at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park. Joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of York, Earl and…
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Selfies and ugly Christmas jumpers for The Royal Family

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6th December 2016
Tis’ the season of ugly Christmas jumpers, once we were embarrassed to be seen in them, now the sell out in seconds. The Royal Family is even getting on this bandwagon, or rather their wax replicas are. One of London’s most popular tourist destinations, Madame Tussauds, is home to the waxwork figures who have been decked out in kitsch Christmas jumpers to bring awareness of the Save…
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Whose money is it anyway? The debate over the Crown Estate income

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24th November 2016
With all the controversy surrounding who should pay for the renovations at Buckingham Palace, an opinion piece published by Royal Central blogger, Benjamin Knights, certainly caused some discussion after he argued that The Queen was, in fact, the one who was going to be paying for the renovations due to her surrendering the profits from the Crown Estate. Is this really the case? Back in 1760…
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