Prince Philip

Prince Philip writes opinion piece for New Scientist

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28th January 2015
The Duke of Edinburgh has written an opinion piece, supporting engineering, for theNew Scientist magazine. The article, entitled ‘Make Things Better’, is approximately 500 words long and details The Duke’s passion for the engineering industry. The piece comes ahead of the announcement of the winner(s) of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on the 3 February at the Royal Academy…
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InsightThe Kents

The Duchess of Kent - living life in the shadows

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27th January 2015
Katharine Kent will be an unfamiliar name to many, but in Royal circles she became well-known, causing controversy with her conversion to Catholicism in 1994. Born Katharine Worsley on February 22nd 1933, her upbringing was that of a ‘commoner’ in the Yorkshire countryside, albeit growing up amidst the surroundings of a stately home, Hovingham Hall. Her parents, Sir William and Lady Joyce sent…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Queen takes new record as world's oldest Monarch

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23rd January 2015
Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest reigning Monarch in the world yesterday following the death of the 90-year-old King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. Yet the record forms only the latest in a long string of longevity records The Queen – along with the Duke of Edinburgh – have reached over the past few years, as well as a number of significant records which she is still…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen's day with the Women's Institute

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23rd January 2015
Her Majesty The Queen made her annual visit to West Newton on Thursday, to attend a meeting of the Women’s Institute (WI). Upon her arrival at West Newton village hall, where the meeting was held, Her Majesty was welcomed by the group’s chairwoman, Yvonne Brown…
British Royals

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades - 1920s

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23rd January 2015
As we continue our series on The Queen Mother, the next decade to be examined is the 1920s. Also known as the roaring twenties in some parts of the world. The 1920s was an interesting time for Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyons. What makes Elizabeth such a fascinating figure was that she had no interest in being Royal. Elizabeth can be considered to be a free thinker, a concept that had an impact on her…
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