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Queen attends her 71st Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph with her family

The Queen has led tributes to the British and Commonwealth war dead this weekend at the Remembrance Sunday service in central London. Thousands of people gathered at the Cenotaph for a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock to honour those killed in wars and conflicts past and present. Her Majesty and her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh alongside other members of the royal family all laid wreaths at…
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Royal Family to attend annual Festival of Remembrance tonight

The Queen will be joined by members of her family tonight for the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall to honour the war dead. The service, which takes place every year, remembers those who have died in conflicts past and present. This year’s festival is particularly poignant because 2016 marks the centenaries of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland, the 25th…
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Queen unveils new portrait of herself

A new portrait of the Queen by internationally acclaimed Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson has been revealed by the Queen. Embed from Getty Images The large canvas which is 4ft by 5ft, shows the Queen wearing a turquoise Karl Ludwig dress, smiling. The painting was produced from a 90 minute sitting at Buckingham Palace in May and marks the work of a charity promoting the reconciliation in…
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First idea of how much the Cambridge Canadian tour will cost taxpayers

When members of the British Royal Family visit a Commonwealth country, citizens of that country foot the bill in the form of taxes. During the last tour taken by the Cambridges in September and October to B.C. and the Yukon, it was projected by the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage that $855,000 ( £507,523) would be spent to welcome the family of four and their staff. During their tour…
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