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Cliveden: Meghan Markle's bridal retreat and its royal past

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17th May 2018
From the roof, you can see Windsor Castle, but that’s not nearly the most regal thing about Cliveden in Buckinghamshire where Meghan Markle will spend the night before her marriage to Prince Harry. This palatial house, owned by the National Trust and leased as a hotel, has entertained many royals over the years and was once even home to a regal rebel. As Cliveden gets ready to add more…
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The Queen's Chapel, St James's

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16th May 2018
On 21 September 1662, Samuel Pepys entered the following words into his Restoration diary: “The Queen coming by in her coach, going to her chappell at St. James’s (the first time it hath been ready for her), I crowded after her, and I got up to the room where her closet…
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Once a royal residence: White Lodge, Richmond

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27th April 2018
White Lodge is a former royal residence, situated deep within Richmond Park. But its location can momentarily confuse. Richmond Palace was, of course, one of the most important palaces of the Tudor dynasty and is consequently far better known; although the building was not within Richmond Park itself, nor even adjacent to it, being roughly a mile away. Richmond Palace was rebuilt by Henry VII on…
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St Mildred's: Queen Victoria's church on the Isle of Wight

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21st April 2018
‘Though I stood for the ninth time near a child and for the fifth time near a daughter, at the altar, I think I never felt more deeply than I did on this occasion… When the blessing had been given, I tenderly embraced my darling “Baby” ‘ (op. cit, Christopher Hibbert, Queen Victoria: A Personal History, Pg 412, 2000). With this words, Queen Victoria described the wedding day of her…
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23,500 items to be put online to show Prince Albert’s influence on the Victorian Age

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5th April 2018
A new three-year digitisation project will see some 23,500 items from the Royal Collection, Royal Archives and Royal Commission be published online. The project directors hope it will shed new light on the role and influence of Prince Albert, Prince Consort, on life and society during the reign of his wife, Queen Victoria. The first lot of items will be published in the summer of 2019 to mark the…
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