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Opinion: I'll be watching Season 5 of The Crown but don't think it should air

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6th November 2022
Sitting at my desk watching the trailer for the upcoming season of The Crown for the first time last month, my heart started to race as I broke out in goosebumps. From its opening scene of Windsor Castle burning to Diana’s anguish and the Queen’s despair, all set to a haunting rendition of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, the show promises all the right ingredients…
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US politicians show brief unity at memorial service for Queen Elizabeth

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22nd September 2022
A thanksgiving service was held in Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral to honour Queen Elizabeth II, with politicians from both US political parties in the congregation to remember the British monarch.The Democrats and Republicans put their differences aside for the hour-and-a-half ceremony, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.The leading…
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The Throne Room at Holyroodhouse: Queen Elizabeth II's first stop on her long journey back to London

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12th September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was placed in State in the Throne Room at the Palace of Holyrood, in Edinburgh after being brought to the Scottish capital from Balmoral.The Throne Room is very different from the one at Buckingham Palace, because it looks a lot simpler, and therefore more austere.The walls are covered in dark wood paneling, with a red carpeted floor and white decorated…
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Back to School with The Queen

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30th August 2022
The Queen has broken many records in her lifetime but one less known is that she and her sister, Princess Margaret, were the last to be educated by private tutors from home.Up to the age of seven, Princess Elizabeth was educated by her mother in reading and writing.With herfather becoming King, their governess Marion Crawford (an Edinburgh graduate), who was like a second mother to…
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