British Royals

Diana, Princess of Wales' former residence to be marked with a blue plaque

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1st April 2021
English Heritage will place a blue plaque outside Diana, Princess of Wales’ apartment at Coleherne Court in London. She lived in the apartment prior to her marriage to the Prince of Wales. She was nominated for the blue plaque by the London Assembly. How very lovely that this blue plaque will be going up outside Coleherne Court – thank you, ⁦@EnglishHeritage⁩, for commemorating…
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The Queen telephones the Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss the Church's response to the pandemic

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31st March 2021
The Queen held a telephone audience with the Archbishop of Canterbury on Tuesday. As Sovereign, Her Majesty is also styled as Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. During the call, Justin Welby updated the monarch on how the Church of England has been coping during the pandemic. Welby tweeted a picture of himself on the phone with Her Majesty and wrote…
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The Sussexes

The Archbishop of Canterbury reveals the truth about Harry & Meghan's 'secret wedding'

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31st March 2021
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that he did not marry the Duke and Duchess of Sussex three days prior to their public ceremony on May 19 2018 at Windsor Castle. In her interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month, the Duchess claimed that she and Harry had actually been married three days before the big public occasion in their back garden at Frogmore. Speaking to Italy’s La…
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British Royals

The day the Queen Mother died and the newsreader with a burgundy tie who announced the story

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30th March 2021
Peter Sissons was a BBC newsreader who worked on some of the biggest royal stories of the 20th and 21st centuries in his role as one of the UK’s leading newscaster. His most high profile involvement with royal stories came in 2002 when he was working the BBC on the afternoon that the Queen Mother died. Peter Sissons broke the news of her passing to BBC audiences but did so in a grey suit…
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