British Royals

The King and Queen incorporate their horse racing colours into poignant remembrance day wreaths

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10th November 2024
The King and Queen incorporated their horse racing colours into the wreaths placed at the base of the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. His Majesty’s wreath had ribbon and bows which were scarlet, purple and gold – the colours his jockeys wear on the racecourse. Similarly, The Queen had ribbons and bows in her own racing colours – brown, red and yellow. Each year, the…
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King Charles III

King Charles welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to Windsor Castle

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8th November 2024
King Charles welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to Windsor on Thursday evening. The Jordanian King is celebrating his Silver Jubilee this year. King Abdullah first visited 10 Downing Street to meet Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, before he was taken to Windsor Castle in a Range Rover. The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards band welcomed him with ‘God Save the King’.  After meeting in…
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The Yorks

Another loss for Prince Andrew as King Charles looks at allowance

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6th November 2024
It’s been several years since Prince Andrew was forced to step away from royal duties and now King Charles is cutting his brother’s allowance. In an updated version of the book, Charles III: New King. New Court, author Robert Hardman writes The King instructed the Keeper of the Privy Purse to remove his brother’s £1 million annual personal allowance. Several reports in…
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King Charles III

The Duchy of Lancaster came to the Crown in controversy and it's still making headlines today

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4th November 2024
It was such a valuable title that it led to a tussle for the Crown itself and the Duchy of Lancaster is still making waves over 600 years later. The Duke of Lancaster is a title that is always held by the Sovereign and the Duchy of Lancaster provides an income to the monarch. In recent days, it’s come under scrutiny as a joint investigation from the Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches…
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