Queen Elizabeth II

Remembrance Sunday service shortened so Queen and veterans spend less time standing

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23rd October 2015
Buckingham Palace has announced that the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph will be shorter this year. The ceremony will be changed slightly to limit the amount of time that The Queen and the veterans who take part have to stand. Many veterans, some now in their nineties, wait for hours to be in place for the service and following the Act of Remembrance they take part in the march past the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

William and Kate visit Dundee

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23rd October 2015
The Earl and Countess of Strathearn, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are known in Scotland, made their first official visit to Dundee on Friday. As most will recall, William and Catherine first met while students nearby at the University of St Andrews. The majority of…
King Charles III

Saving the family farm: Prince Charles spends the day in Derbyshire on behalf of The Prince's Countryside Fund

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23rd October 2015
Supporting farmers was the dominant theme of The Prince of Wales’s visit to Derbyshire on Friday. Prince Charles, a champion for the family farm heard first-hand accounts from Buxton area farmers about the trials and tribulations they face and how The Prince’s Countryside Fund, is rendering the help the farmers and their families need. Charles founded The Prince’s Countryside…
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Queen Elizabeth IIThe Yorks

The Queen and Prince Philip bid Chinese President farewell

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22nd October 2015
China’s President Xi Jinping has bid a formal farewell to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace before joining the Duke of York for a series of visits. On Thursday morning, Mr Xi and the Duke Of York visited the UK satellite communications company Inmarsat. Prince Andrew and President XI also attended a conference of the Confucius Institute, the Chinese equivalent of the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

William and Kate join President Xi Jinping at Lancaster House

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21st October 2015
After attending the exquisite State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, there was no rest for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday as they paid a visit to Lancaster House with Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan. The theme of Wednesday’s visit to Lancaster House was creative collaborations between the UK and China. View image |…
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