The Duke of Kent has celebrated turning 89 by being serenaded with Happy Birthday on the bagpipes – with his wife by his side. Prince Edward, the oldest working member of the royal family, spent his special day at the couple’s Kensington Palace home, Wren House. He was joined by his son, …
Read More »Nobody outside the Royal Household really knows the luxurious extent of the lifestyle of the family at its heart. Outwardly, they give the impression of being frugal and parsimonious – which they often are, even though Princess Anne prefers to call it, ‘good old-fashioned Hanoverian Housekeeping’. But this frugality does not apply …
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The Royal Family were out in full force today as they watched the King’s inaugural Birthday Parade – and viewed the Trooping the Colour flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony. The number of royals on the balcony, however, was relatively scaled down compared to the King’s Coronation in May – …
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Dozens of royals and hundreds of other dignitaries attended the Queen’s Coronation in 1953. Yet only seven members of the Royal Family who were there on that incredible day in Westminster Abbey nearly 70 years ago are still alive, and not all will be at King Charles’s Coronation this weekend. Besides …
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