Tag: The Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret glow as new mothers in previously unseen photos of the royal family – which also include an ethereal portrait of Kate Middleton

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Remarkable unseen photos of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as young mothers are being unveiled to the public for the very first time.

The Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography exhibition, which opens today  at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace, showcases images including the late monarch, her sister, Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent proudly displaying their newborn babies in a portrait taken by Lord Snowdon in 1964.

The charming picture will be displayed along with a handwritten

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Camilla’s back to business: Queen hosts young pioneers from domestic violence charity SafeLives at Buckingham Palace as she returns from Easter break

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Queen Camilla has returned to work today following the Easter break and began with an issue close to her heart – ending domestic violence.

The Queen, 76, patron of SafeLives, hosted four young pioneers from the charity at Buckingham Palace, in London, to discuss how violence and abuse in the home affects younger people.

Camilla has long been a prominent voice in calling for support for victims of domestic violence, a cause she has continued to champion since she became

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King pays tribute to Britain’s war dead: Charles unites the nation as he leads Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph, with royals, senior politicians and dignitaries laying poppy wreaths to honour the fallen – hours after protest violence in London

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King Charles has paid tribute to Britain’s war dead as he leads the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph this morning.

The monarch led a two-minute silence and laid the first wreath in front of the Cenotaph. The Prince of Wales was among the senior royals standing behind him and also laid a wreath. 

A wreath was laid at the Cenotaph for the Queen by Major Ollie Plunket, The Rifles, equerry to Camilla who viewed the Remembrance Day service from

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The Queen’s final resting place beside her beloved Prince Philip revealed

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Emotional worshippers have described the ‘moving’ moment they viewed the new simple black marble slab featuring the name of the late Queen today as she lays beside her beloved husband Prince Philip.

Worshippers were allowed into King George VI Memorial Chapel earlier this week for church services following Her Majesty’s moving private burial on Monday night.   

The Queen’s name was inscribed on the stone alongside that of her father George VI, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and that of her late

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