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...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...The late Queen often recorded Christmas speeches at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace, but also broadcast from other locations ranging from Sandringham to the Royal Albert Hall....
...In contrast, George V and George VI died in winter: some of the 305,000 who saw the latter lying in state had to put up with light snow....
...On May 9 1921, George V held a state dinner for Crown Prince Hirohito at Buckingham Palace — the first time a Japanese heir-apparent had “ever left his native shores”, according to the king’s toast....
...In the BBC interview he cited the Shakespeare plays Henry IV and V and the changes in the young King Henry V as he becomes monarch....
...She allowed a television crew into Buckingham Palace to make a behind-the-scenes portrayal....
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
...While following his father George V’s coffin in procession, Edward VIII recalled seeing “a flash of light dancing along the pavement”....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Letter in response to this article: Consumer boycott would bring big emitters to heel / From Andreas V Georgiou, Darnestown, MD, US...
...Letter in response to this article: Westminster v Weymouth / From Carol Wilcox, Labour Land Campaign, Dorset, UK...
...The Duke of Buckingham was in charge. Do you have any regrets about the time you spent with Buckingham? No, I don’t regret our friendship....
...Karol Sikora, dean of medicine at the University of Buckingham, an oncology consultant for 40 years, says he has “never seen such a fall-off in cancer patients”....
...What will she be thinking when he next tips up at Buckingham Palace? Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest reigning monarch....
...to right) The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York (obscured), the Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Sussex, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cambridge at Buckingham...
...(It might also work for the Buckingham Palace functionaries responsible for renewing royal warrants, of which Thomas Goode currently has two.)...
...It’s an apt name for the Supreme Court’s latest terrible decision, the 5-4 ruling in Janus v AFSCME, which will defund what is left of America’s union movement....
...In “George Villiers and Francis Villiers”, the Duke of Buckingham’s sons, squashed into lace collars and scarlet and gold satin, are pictures of anxiety and grief after their father’s assassination....
...Levete’s design for the V&A Exhibition Road Quarter is a courtyard, a space rather than an object....
...George V’s decision to turn the gardens of Buckingham Palace over to cabbages was hardly sharing the hunger caused by the U-boat blockade, but it was a gesture, in much the same way as his daughter-in-law...
...“Charles II: Art and Power” will run from December 8 2017 to May 13 2018 at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace....
...But more importantly for our purposes he was the architect of a new façade for Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial which sits in front of it....
...It is not the only institution in the frame to host Thatcher’s effects: competition has emerged in the form of the University of Buckingham, which on Tuesday announced it would have a library and museum...
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