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Feb 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A bit more insight into why Camilla opted to use Queen Mary's crown for the coronation. When Queen Mary had the crown made in 1911 - paying for it with her own money - it was her intention that it should serve as the permanent consort's crown for future generations.
However when George VI became King, she knew how much pressure her shy second son was under. To give a public show of family unity, she decided to break with tradition by attending the coronation.
Jan 13, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Inspired by an excellent piece in the Telegraph (which in turn may have been inspired by a tweet of mine the other day) this is a thread exploring how distorted Harry's view is of the media.
In Spare he recounts various events in his life when he says the press coverage was overwhelmingly negative. But if you look at what actually appeared in the papers, he gets it totally wrong.
Dec 4, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
OK, here goes... Princess Anne: the truth. No, she didn't snub the Trumps. And she wasn't told off by the Queen.
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Instead the Queen, after greeting the Donald (and the Melania), turned to Anne to see who was next. But there wasn't anyone waiting: Trump was the last leader to be received by the Queen.
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Jan 30, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
In The Times today: how the government made an utter chump of itself over royal secrets.
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Just after Christmas we published a story about how the Queen lobbied the government in 1995 for a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia.
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