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Royal Family: Step inside Balmoral: UK royals to open castle for public after 170 years
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Royal Family: Step inside Balmoral: UK royals to open castle for public after 170 years

For the first time in 170 years, the UK royal family is opening Balmoral Castle to the public on monday and is offering extensive tours…

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Kohinoor: Kohinoor was ‘taken’ by British, states exhibit backed by Palace
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Kohinoor: Kohinoor was ‘taken’ by British, states exhibit backed by Palace

A new exhibition at the Tower of London — backed by Buckingham Palace — about the crown jewels, which opened to directly follow the coronation…

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Charles: Buckingham Palace averted Kohinoor ‘side story’ for King Charles’s Coronation, says royal expert

LONDON: Buckingham Palace would have been conscious about the potential for controversy around the colonial era Kohinoor diamond claimed by India and averted it becoming…

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh to be honoured with blue plaque in London
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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh to be honoured with blue plaque in London

LONDON: An Indian princess who became famous for playing a leading role in the British suffragette movement is to be honoured with a blue plaque…

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