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Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen rides by carriage to Trooping the Colour for the first time

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5th April 2022
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many famous moments and milestones. For the first three decades of her rule, Her Majesty rode at Trooping the Colour and the year that she decided to start attending by carriage instead caused huge debate.The famous ceremony traces its history to the time when the colour of a regiment was trooped for soldiers so they could become accustomed to it and…
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Charles and Camilla get in the Jubilee spirit with a visit to the EastEnders street party

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2nd April 2022
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are getting in the Platinum Jubilee spirt early as they joined a street party that will end up being attended by millions.The couple visited the set of EastEnders as the cast and crew filmed their Jubilee specials. Charles and Camilla headed to the Queen Vic pub on Albert Square which they found decked with bunting and ready for a…
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Milestones of a Monarch: Michelle Obama hugs The Queen

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29th March 2022
There have been moments of The Queen’s reign that have gone instantly viral, and her first meeting with then-First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009—where the two women were seen hugging—made headlines around the world.Obama was accompanying her husband, US President Barack Obama, to the G20 Summit when she met The Queen for the first time.In her memoir, Becoming, Obama describes the…
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Prince William's unexpected statement at end of royal tour

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27th March 2022
The Duke of Cambridge has reaffirmed his message of support for Commonwealth countries as he issued a statement at the end of his royal tour to the Caribbean.In an unexpected missive, released as he and the Duchess of Cambridge left the Bahamas at the end of a week long visit taking in three countries, Prince William said that their latest tour had ”brought into even sharper focus…
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