Julie Holmes-Brown

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Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease. https://t.co/moB4XRRvj9

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#RichardIII became king #OnThisDay in 1483

Child-murderer, arch villain, failed monarch, ‘northern’. Have efforts to redeem Richard III succeeded or is he still one of history’s worst kings?

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#OnThisDay in 1837, Victoria awoke to the news that she had inherited the throne. Following the death of her uncle, King William IV, the young princess was awoken at six in the morning and told that she was to become queen.

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#OnThisDay in 1842, Queen Victoria made her first journey by train. She travelled with her husband in a special royal carriage on the Great Western Railway between Slough and Bishop's Bridge.

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Crown Prince Christian stepped in to open the Queen Margrethe II Bridge on behalf of his grandmother on Saturday.

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Some desperately sad news.

Queen Elizabeth II’s dearest friend, Lady Pamela Hicks, has died at the age of 97.

Read more below 👇

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The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new portrait of their daughter, Princess Charlotte, to mark her 11th birthday https://t.co/qS0YA3Msii

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#OnThisDay in 1931, New York's Empire State Building was officially opened by the US president Herbert Hoover. Hoover pushed a button in Washington DC to turn on the building's lights.

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Welcome to the family, Otto! 1 today 🥳 🎂

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“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A. A. Milne

As we mark the 100th anniversary of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The Queen has presented a very special gift to the New York Public Library, reuniting baby Roo with his friends from the 100 Acre Wood.

The Library is home to the original collection of toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne, which inspired the characters in the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series. The collection is missing Roo, the baby kangaroo who was lost in an orchard in the 1930s.

The new addition of Roo was created by Shropshire-based company Merrythought, who also created the original toys.

👀 Watch Roo’s great adventure travelling from Buckingham Palace onboard Their Majesties’ flight to his new home in New York.

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He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. —PSALM 23:2–3 NKJV 🦋

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24 Mar 1604: James VI & I holds his first tilt on his accession anniversary #otd Elizabeth I's former champion in the tiltyard & organiser of jousts, Sir Henry Lee is in attendance (NPG)
I draw your attention to Lee's amazing shirt.

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Remembering Queen Elizabeth I of England, who died #onthisday 24 March 1603 at Richmond Palace #Tudors

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#OnThisDay in 1603, King James VI and I succeeded to the throne of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth I. His ascension united England and Scotland under one king after centuries of war and political tension.

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24 March 1603. James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. He was the 1st Stuart monarch and united the 2 kingdoms of Scotland and England into a personal union. Political union between Scotland and England did not happen until 1707.

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14 March 1953 | Mary of Teck, Queen of the UK and the British Dominions and Empress of India, died at Marlborough House.

Mary final year was marked by grief; she died a year after her son, George VI. Her last wish was to not postpone her granddaughter coronation

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#OTD in 1603. Queen Elizabeth I died at Richmond Palace she was 69 years old and had reigned for 45 years. #OnThisDay #Tudor #History #QueenElizabethI #Tudors

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#OTD
24th March 1603
“This morning, about three o’clock her Majesty departed from this life, mildly like a lamb, easily like a ripe apple from a tree…" John Manningham wrote of the passing of England’s last Tudor monarch
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Remembering

Her Majesty
Queen Empress Mary

26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953

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Queen-Empress Mary of the United Kingdom died at Marlborough House today in 1953. Just ten weeks before Queen Elizabeth Il’s Coronation — which she insisted should not be postponed in the event she died before the historic service that summer.

The late Queen, née Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, was born at Kensington Palace in May 1867. Then-Princess Victoria was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Kent & Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Kent.

Mary, affectionately known as May by family, married the future King George V in 1893 & served as Princess of Wales before becoming Queen-Empress from 1910 to 1936 during the reign of her husband.

Most elegant, dutiful, & deeply committed to public service, HLM guided the British Monarchy through the trials of the First World War, the Second World War, and the Abdication of her eldest son. She was a passionate collector of art & jewelry which strengthened the Royal Collection & whose eye had an indelible influence on the interiors of Buckingham Palace we see today.