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The Earl of Snowdon: From headline grabber to genteel discretion

Some may know him as The Right Honourable David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and some may know him as The Queen’s nephew. The 3 of November marks 60 years since David was born to Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. Fully named David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones at birth, David was born 3 November 1961 at Clarence House. Baptised on 19 December in…
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The Kents

84-year-old Princess Alexandra steps up with an increased diary of engagements

Princess Alexandra has noticeably stepped up the number of engagements she has been carrying out over the past few weeks, ending speculation that she may have retired from public duties. The Queen’s cousin, who turns 85-years-old next month, conducted nine engagements in October, with a further five carried events held in September. Prior to this, Her Royal Highness had only conducted…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Green Queen: ''we must act for the sake of our children and grandchildren''

The Queen has urged world leaders to act not for ‘ourselves but for our children and our children’s children’ as she delivered a highly anticipated message by video to the opening sessions of COP26 in Glasgow. After being forced to pull out from attending the conference in person on doctors’ orders, in a pre-recorded message from Windsor Castle, The Queen has addressed world leaders…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Barbados to remove The Queen as head of state at the end of November

With the election of Barbados’ first President, on 30 November, when the Caribbean island becomes a Republic, Queen Elizabeth II will no longer be the head of state. The island’s Governor General Dame Sandra Mason was elected almost unanimously by the former British colony’s parliament with only one member declining to vote. Mason, a 72-year-old judge and former ambassador…
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