Queen Elizabeth II was Britain’s longest reigning monarch, having ascended to the throne on February 6 1952, aged just 25. In June 2022, Her Majesty became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee - an historic milestone which marked her 70 years on the throne.
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Prince Harry accused of ‘hypocritical privilege’ by BBC Question Time audience
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Watch: Prince Harry's book 'Spare' highlights a 'complete lack of accountability' | Royal Insight
Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor at the Telegraph, has read Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’ so that you don’t have to
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Prince Harry: ‘There’s enough for another book – I cut memoir in half to spare my family’
Duke tells Bryony Gordon ‘some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, I just don’t want the world to know’
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Prince Harry exclusive interview: 'This is not about trying to collapse the monarchy, this is about trying to save them from themselves'
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I’m a victim of Harry’s Trumpian attitude to truth
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
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Arts Council boss withdraws funding from 'anti-trans' gay-rights charity
LGB Alliance had been awarded grant to make a film for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee but it was withdrawn after allegations of transphobia
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Late Queen’s Green Canopy joins two of England’s largest woodlands
A 60-mile-long corridor of hedgerows and woodland will be cultivated from the Wyre Forest to the Lower Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean
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The best children’s books for Christmas 2022 – including Cressida Cowell’s new series
Queen Elizabeth II was visited by two very special bears, and the matchgirls went on strike, in this year's crop of writing for children
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The sparkly Platinum Jubilee outfit Prince George went ‘crazy’ for
The nine-year-old loved Craig David’s sequined blue tracksuit, according to the R&B singer who met Prince William at Buckingham Palace
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‘The Queen was sparky, quick-witted… and an absolute pro’
The director of the acclaimed documentary Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen recalls a recording session with the late monarch in Windsor Castle
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From Trussonomics to the cost of living crisis: the words of 2022
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Prince Louis is the star of the show at Sandringham
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King and Queen Consort’s Christmas card harkens back to happier times
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