Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William awards MBE to Tower of London poppy artists

After the hugely successful ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ at the Tower of London, creators of the art installation, sculptor Paul Cummins, 37, and theatre designer Tom Piper, 50, were given MBEs (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Paul Cummins, from Chesterfield, received his MBE for services to art and First World…
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British Royals

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades – 1960s

After the death of her husband in the 195o’s, the 1960’s brought great excitement and also significant loss for The Queen Mother. View image | gettyimages.com She began the decade with a wedding and another grandchild. On 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret married Antony Amstrong-Jones. The wedding was the first to be broadcast on television with over 20 million viewers. Following the…
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British Royals

Portrait of Anne Boleyn believed to have been identified with facial recognition technology

A portrait of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, is thought to have been identified using facial recognition technology. Anne Boleyn’s portraits were mostly destroyed after her death Many portraits since Anne’s demise have claimed to be of the woman that Henry VIII created the Church of England for, in order to marry her. The truth is, however, most were destroyed after her…
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The Kents

The Duke of Kent receives Dresden Peace Prize

On February 14, 2015 The Duke of Kent received the Dresden Peace Prize for his work spanning many decades in the reconciliation of Great Britain and Germany. This comes of the 70th anniversary of British and American air raids on Dresden. [getty src=”463351456&#8243…
Princess Anne and Family

Princess Anne speaks about the #IceBucketChallenge

Last night, The Princess Royal attended a reception at British Medical Association House in London. The reception celebrated the success of the effort to raise awareness about Motor Neurone Disease and the funds raised for the charity by the Ice Bucket Challenge. Last summer, the Ice Bucket Challenge took the world by storm. Both celebrities and the masses doused themselves with ice cold water in…
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