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Queen to conduct day of engagements on her 90th birthday

The Queen is famous for her hard work and sense of commitment, so it is rather unsurprising that on the day of her 90th birthday, she will undertake a day of public engagements in the town of Windsor. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will both take part in two days of back-to-back engagements, which will take place on April 20th and April 21st. On April 21st, Her Majesty’s birthday, she and…
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National Galleries of Scotland acquires long lost painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

A long lost painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland. It portrays the Young Pretender during the ill-fated Jacobite Rising of 1745 and is through the be only one painted in Britain during his lifetime. The National Galleries of Scotland spent two years in negotiations. The painting is now the centrepiece of a display of Jacobite art treasures that…
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Henry VIII-centered drama "Wolf Hall" leads Bafta nominations

Wolf Hall, the historical drama based on Thomas Cromwell’s rise in King Henry VIII’s court, leads the Bafta nominations with a total of four nominations. The series has been nominated in Best Drama, Mark Rylance, who played Cromwell has been nominated for Leading Actor, while Claire Foy’s performance as Anne Boleyn has earned her a nomination for Leading Actress. Anton Lesser…
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Did The Queen have a pet panda?

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHz3E4QMVOg] The ITV documentary ‘Our Queen at 90’ aired over the weekend, and it gave viewers an insight into the Queen off duty and showed her at her most relaxed. But the two-hour programme appeared to be hijacked by the appearance of a panda chasing an Alsatian. Inevitably, this led to many people asking whether Her Majesty once owned a pet…
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