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...The focus of events in Windsor will be on St George’s Chapel, a 15th-century chapel in Windsor Castle where the funerals of George VI, the late Queen’s father, George V, her grandfather, and Edward VII,...
...The V&A’s exhibition gives plenty of food for thought about all this....
...Tim Reeve, V&A deputy director, said that, while the museum had benefited from record-high domestic visitor numbers, a drop-off in international visitors had held back demand....
...Von der Leyen and Sunak made the announcement in front of a portrait of King George V, who inaugurated Northern Ireland’s parliament in 1921 with an appeal for unity....
...She started the tradition of televised messages to the country in 1957, although her grandfather George V made the first royal Christmas broadcast on radio in 1932 — with a script by Rudyard Kipling....
...That will be led by the dean of Windsor, David Conner....
...In an attempt to win over William, Harry turned to Google, calling up images of their bearded ancestors Edward VII and George V in uniform. Why do beards get some people so hot under the collar?...
...Monarchs of the 18th century preferred more private ceremonies at Windsor Castle....
...But the Windsors had misjudged her....
...Her father, known as Bertie in the family, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. His elder brother, David, was expected to become king....
...Crisp white shirt and thin tie, Windsor knotted, in an understated pattern. Black cap-toe Oxfords, gleaming. British GQ had a look at all this and declared Sunak an “unlikely style hero”....
...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....
...While Apple clearly has some way to go to match the House of Windsor for jubilee planning, the royals could also learn a lot about product refreshes....
...He is wearing a pale pink V-neck jumper under a suit, with a Burberry scarf and a large watch....
...For more than 20 years I have worn a navy blue corduroy dinner jacket modelled on one I saw in the wardrobe of the Duke of Windsor....
...When organisers brought this to the general assembly, the crowd was not “fussed”, Colvin recalls with a chuckle. “Nobody cared. They just weren’t interested in engaging with it at all.” V....
...It was subject to an export ban in 2004, which is how it ended up in the V&A, and that is testament to the craftsmanship of the London workshops.” She continues with barely a breath....
...From most others, a degree of style can be salvaged: slithery polyester soccer kit can be worn under a bomber jacket, the chunky V-neck cricketer’s jumper atop jeans....
...In early scenes, we see Charles’s grown-up Savile Row suits in contrast to her child-like clothes: a twee cardigan over pale yellow overalls; a floral dress and V-neck sweater with ballet flats; a blue dress...
...From August 14, Nichols’s company will present Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor....
...Sculptor Martino Gamper designed a ceremonial double arch of 160 stacking chairs for the V&A courtyard for London Design Week in 2009. The loveseat One of the early extensions of the Windsor chair....
...Independent analyst Richard Windsor estimates it will lose all those sales, roughly half of the 200m smartphones it shipped last year. Chinese companies are well aware of their vulnerabilities....
...Here he is on Queen Alexandra, George V’s mother, at George V’s coronation: “Motherdear . . . is wearing so many jewels upon what the present Queen [Elizabeth II] would call her buzzum that one is quite...
...(FT) Schwarzman v Urbano Cairo Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive of the world’s largest private equity firm Blackstone, has found himself in a legal battle with one of Italy’s...
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