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Prince Charles delivers The Queen's Speech whilst Her Majesty watches on from home at Windsor

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10th May 2022
The Prince of Wales has for the first time delivered The Queen’s Speech in place of his mother at the State Opening of Parliament. The ceremony, on May 10th 2022, was the first time in 59 years that The Queen has missed the State Opening – her last absence being in 1963 when she was pregnant with Prince Edward. Accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke of Cambridge…
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Elizabeth II breaks another royal record

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9th May 2022
The Queen is now the third longest reigning Monarch in recorded history. Her rule has now reached 70 years and 92 days, one day longer than the reign of Johann II of Liechtenstein. Her latest historic milestone comes just months after she became the only British Monarch to rule for 70 years. Elizabeth II became Queen on February 6th 1952. On September 9th 2015, she became the longest…
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Milestones of a Monarch: The death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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7th May 2022
On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident in Paris. Her death caused unprecedented public mourning and plunged the monarchy into one of the biggest spirals of The Queen’s reign. The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princes William and Harry were at Balmoral Castle in Scotland when Diana was killed. The boys, aged 15 and 12 at the time, were devastated…
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George V, a queen in waiting and Britain's first ever Silver Jubilee

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6th May 2022
On a bright spring day in 1935, King George V became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Silver Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of his reign followed plenty of royal tradition but there was also innovation in the celebrations as well as a rather historic moment on the Buckingham Palace balcony. No other British king or queen had held festivities to mark a quarter of a century of rule.
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