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  Tell me about… Trooping the Colour
  
  Royal Rewind: the Spanish Armada defeated by Elizabeth…
  
  Tell me about… the Royal Maundy service
  
  George III’s Great Pagoda at Kew reopens with…
  
  Body of Jacobite chief Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat,…
  
  The Kings and Queens of England since 1066…
  
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  Kew Palace highlight George III’s learned wife &…
  
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  Margaret Beaufort – matriarch of the Tudor Dynasty
  
  BBC 2’s Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents – a…
  
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  Queen Victoria takes centre stage in Buckingham Palace’s…
  
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  Prince Albert’s papers and photo collections to be…
  
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  Date announced for Diana statue reveal at Kensington…
  
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The Duke of Edinburgh's coffin was draped in his 12ft personal standard and decorated with a wreath of flowers chosen by the monarch, and his Admiral of the Fleet Naval Cap and sword.

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