King Charles III

A look back at the Duchess of Cornwall’s life

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17th July 2018
The Duchess of Cornwall, born Camilla Rosemary Shand, graced the world with her presence on the morning of 17 July 1947. Camilla’s father, Bruce Shand, would later be known as a businessman, but in his early years worked as a British army officer. Her mother, Rosalind, would spend her life caring for her three children, and worked as an adoption officer. Growing up in a country house in East…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall keeping busy on annual visit to Cornwall

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17th July 2018
Yesterday, The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were in Cornwall for the second day for their three-day visit. While school kids waited with their Union Jack flags, the rain poured down, but that didn’t stop the royal duo from greeting the crowds. Their day included meeting representatives of Fowey Gig Club, the RNLI and veterans from the Royal British Legion. The rain cleared up so…
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British RoyalsThe Yorks

Case lodged with European Court of Human Rights to remove gender bias among nobility

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16th July 2018
A case has been lodged in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last week by five women to remove the state-sanctioned gender bias among the nobility and to give girls and boys equal rights to inherit. In 2013, the royal laws of succession were amended to give equal rights to a baby girl, but attempts to extend this to the peerage came to nothing. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge was not…
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Princess Anne and Family

Princess Royal opens multi-million Dumfries infirmary

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13th July 2018
The Princess Royal officially opened a new multi-million-pound hospital in Dumfries, Scotland. Costing around £214 million, work officially started on the new hospital in June 2015, with the construction phase being completed on time and on budget last year by the High Wood Health consortium which included Laing O’Rourke. The facilities first staff and patients moved into the 344-bed Dumfries…
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