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Dorothy Wilding, the ground breaking photographer who shaped the image of a reign

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19th August 2024
Dorothy Wilding became the first female photographer to take pictures of royalty. Her portraits of the new Queen Elizabeth II marked the first official portraits of the new reign, but her history with the Royal Family extended back to the 1920s.Wilding set up a studio in London in the late ‘20s and her first experience with royalty came when Prince George—who later became the Duke of…
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Portrait of a princess causes debate

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22nd May 2024
A new portrait of the Princess of Wales has attracted plenty of attention.The painting of Catherine features on the front cover of the new edition of Tatler.It’s the work of artist Hannah Uzor who spoke of her admiration for the Princess as the painting was…
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Queen Camilla celebrates Northern Irish poetry on World Poetry Day

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22nd March 2024
Queen Camilla couldn’t pass up an opportunity to celebrate World Poetry Day while in Northern Ireland, and the event was a true showcase for the talented poets and artists who hail from the region.Buckingham Palace shared that The Queen’s Reading Room—an online book club that started during the COVID-19 pandemic and evolved into a charity in 2023—hosted the event at Hillsborough Castle…
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Queen Camilla attends military parade in Lisburn

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22nd March 2024
The pride was visible on the Queen’s face as she watched a military parade in Lisburn celebrating soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles completing junior leadership selection yesterday.Queen Camilla is Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles and was on hand, during a…
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The new line of succession to the British throne

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10th March 2023
The reign of King Charles III is now six months old. His Majesty took the throne on September 8th 2022 on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.By the end of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II counted 23 descendants in the line of succession to her throne. That has changed. Now there are just seven direct descendants of King Charles in the succession.The first thirty people in the line of…
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King Charles the Charitable

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27th January 2023
He has only been King for four months, but King Charles III may already have his new moniker: King Charles the Charitable.Of course, he is the patron of hundreds of charities, but it goes beyond just having the privilege of being a patron.King Charles visits…
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The first stamps of King Charles III's reign are issued - but is his head on them?

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27th September 2022
The first stamps of the reign of Charles III have been issued but the King’s head isn’t on them.The four stamps are memorial editions, marking the death of Queen Elizabeth II. They all feature famous portraits of Her Late Majesty and, for that reason, there is no profile of a Monarch on them.Usually, UK stamps have a silhouette of the Monarch’s head in the top right hand…
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