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Blue, gold and cream: the intricate wedding dresses that turned a controversial consort into a royal bride

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9th April 2022
It was one of the most talked about royal weddings in decades. When  Camilla Parker-Bowles and Charles, Prince of Wales on April 9th 2005 in Windsor, millions were watching. And they saw a royal bride with not one but two different wedding outfits for her big day. As the couple mark their fifteenth wedding anniversary, Royal Central looks back at the wedding gowns of Camilla, Duchess of…
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A royal wedding, decades in the making

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8th April 2022
It was a wedding 35 years in the making for Prince Charles and Camilla. On April 9, 2005 after a royal scandal, a tragic death, forbidden love, two marriages and four children, Charles and Camilla were finally able to tie the knot. But like the years leading up the…
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Windsor Castle: from retirement home to heart of a dynasty

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16th March 2022
During the reign of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Windsor Castle was made their primary royal residence despite the Queen complaining early on in her reign that the castle was “prison-like” and “dull and tiresome.” She would often prefer Osborne and Balmoral as holiday residences. The growth of the British Empire and the Queen’s dynastic ties to Europe would…
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Windsor Castle: Its origins as a royal residence

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12th March 2022
Windsor Castle serves as the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and has been the family home of British kings and Queens for nearly 1,000 years. William the Conqueror originally built the site to secure the western approach to London while providing easy access from the capital and a royal hunting forest. From the castle’s early stages, it was recommended it should serve as a…
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Christmas Day Fashion Through the Years: Princess Anne

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24th December 2020
Royal Central is taking a look at the Royal Family’s Christmas Day Fashion throughout the years. In this article, the focus will be on Princess Anne, The Princess Royal. In the 1960s, the Royal Family spent the holidays at Windsor because The Queen’s children were young. In 1988, The Queen started to transition the holiday affair to Sandringham House in Norfolk, England instead of…
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