Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

The Queen delivers her speech to Parliament

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4th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen has delivered her yearly legislative speech at the State Opening of Parliament. The speech is the way in which the government sets out their legislative agenda for the coming year. Pictures today of the State Opening of Parliament via @BritishMonarchy pic.twitter.com/B7VV7setLb — Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) June 4, 2014 This year’s 10 minute speech was full of drama…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen celebrates the 61st anniversary of her coronation with a horse ride

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3rd June 2014
<![CDATA[On Monday, the Queen celebrated 61 years since her coronation but she didn't throw a party or make a fuss of the occasion. Instead, she modestly enjoyed a horse ride around Great Windsor Park on her pony, Carltonlima Emma. The 88-year-old monarch was seen wearing jodhpurs, an overcoat and a headscarf as she rode on her black pony alongside her head groom, Terry Prendry. The Queen…
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The Sussexes

100 days until the inaugural Invictus Games

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2nd June 2014
<![CDATA[Competitors who will compete in the Invictus Games, the international sports event for ‘wounded warriors’ launched by Prince Harry and held in London, have only 100 days of rigorous training on their calendar before the Opening Ceremony on 10 September. L-to-R-Mickaela Richards, Dave Henson. Danni Hampson-Carroll and Susan Cook at Aldershot Military Athletics Stadium on May 30…
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British Royals

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor welcome third son

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1st June 2014
<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Lord Nicholas Windsor and his wife welcomed their third child, a son, into the world. The baby, who was given the name Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor, is the second cousin, twice removed of Her Majesty The Queen. Lord Nicholas is the youngest…
The Yorks

Duke of York to mark 300th anniversary of 'Personal Union'

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31st May 2014
<![CDATA[At a request by Her Majesty’s Government, the Duke of York will visit Germany on the 3rd and 4th June as part of the celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the ‘Personal Union’ between Britain and Hanover. This year, British Ambassador Simon McDonald will relocate the traditional Embassy Garden Party in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday…
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