Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch (or sovereign), and the largest "working" royal palace remaining in the world. The expression "Buckingham Palace" or simply "The Palace" has become a common way of referring to the source of press statements coming from parts of the British Royal Family (see Metonymy). In addition to being the London home of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace is a setting for state occasions, royal entertaining and base for all officially visiting heads of state, and is a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point fo ...

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The Queen's Flag Sergeant is responsible for all flags flown from the palace. Until 1997 the only flag to fly from Buckingham Palace was the Royal Standard, the official flag of the reigning British sovereign, and only when the sovereign was in residence at the palace. Even in times of mourning, the Royal Standard would not fly at half mast. The only time another flag would fly from the Palace would be upon the death of the sovereign, when the flag of the next senior member of the Royal Family would be raised. In 1952, the S ...

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The British-Israel-World Federation is an organization that was founded in London during 1919, although its roots can be traced back to the Nineteenth Century. At one time this organization enjoyed the patronage of members of the British Establishment including HRH Princess Alice of Athlone, the Duke of Buccleuch Kt.; the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Dysart; the Rt. Hon. the Countess-Dowager of Radnor; the Rt. Hon. Lord Gisborough and the Rt. Hon. W F Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand. British-Israel-World Federation ...

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The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was originally raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1689 so can boast an independent existence of over 325 years, being one of five line infantry regiments never to have been amalgamated in its history; it shares this claim with: The Royal Scots The Green Howards The Royal Welch Fusiliers The King's Own Scottish Borderers During those years it has acquired three nicknames "The Red Knights" " ...

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Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise (21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and her consort Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became Empress consort in Germany and Queen of Prussia by marriage to Emperor Friedrich. After the death of her husband she became widely known as Empress Frederick (or, in German: "Kaiserin Friedrich"). Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Early life. Princess Victoria w ...

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Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury. Buckinghamshire is divided into four districts, Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The ceremonial county (which is based on the post-1974 administrative county) also includes Milton Keynes. For the traditional county boundaries, see History of Buckinghamshire. The ceremonial county borders onto those of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Greater London. ...

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By the 13th century, the Palace of Westminster had become the centre of government in England, and had been the main London residence of the king since 1049. The surrounding area became a very popular — and expensive — location. Walter de Grey, the Archbishop of York bought a property in the area soon after 1240, calling it York Place. Edward I of England stayed at the property on several occasions while work was carried out at Westminster, and enlarged the building to accommodate his entourage. York Place was rebuilt durin ...

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Fathers 4 Justice was founded by 38-year-old Matt O’Connor, a marketing consultant and father of two, in 2003. who became incensed with family law after a court temporarily barred him from seeing his two young sons outside of a contact centre, following his separation from his wife in 2000. On 17 December 2002, O’Connor and a small group of supporters staged their first protest by storming the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Father Christmas. Fathers 4 Justice was officially founded in January 2003. Initially the group targeted the homes of family court judges and family lawyers' ...

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The land, which was formerly known as Marylebone Park had been Crown property for many centuries, and had been leased to the Dukes of Portland as a hunting ground. When the lease expired in 1811 the Prince Regent (later King George IV) commissioned Architect John Nash to create a masterplan for the area. Nash originally envisaged a palace for the Prince and a number of grand detached villas for his friends, but when this was put into action from 1818 onwards, the palace and most of the villas were dropped (the Prince later built Buckingham P ...

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Now seen as a fringe organization with a cloudy past, the British-Israel-World Federation was born in the 19th Century during the days when the sun did not appear to be setting on the British Empire. For many years the organization maintained an office near Buckingham Palace. It later moved to the area of the renovated docklands of London until it finally removed itself from England. The history of the organization closely follows the rise and fall of the prestige of the British mo ...

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British-Israel-World Federation, British-Israel-World Federation - Background

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The land, which was formerly known as Marylebone Park had been Crown property for many centuries, and had been leased to the Dukes of Portland as a hunting ground. When the lease expired in 1811 the Prince Regent (later King George IV) commissioned Architect John Nash to create a masterplan for the area. Nash originally envisaged a palace for the Prince and a number of grand detached villas for his friends, but when this was put into action from 1818 onwards, the palace and most of the villas were dropped (the Prince later built Buckingham P ...

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The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Prince Albert designed the house himself. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company also built the main façade of Buckingham Palace. An earlier, smaller house on the site was demolished. The architecture of the building is based on palaces of the Italian Renaissance, complete with two pseudo-campanile towers. The house consisted of the original square wing known as 'The Pavilion', which contained the principal an ...

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Osborne House, Osborne House - History, Osborne House - Naval College, Osborne House - Osborne Today, Osborne House - English Heritage

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The 1622 Banqueting House is the only building now remaining, although it has been somewhat modified. However, various other features of the old palace still exist, including a former covered tennis court from the time of Henry VIII in the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall. Beginning in 1938, the east side of the site was redeveloped with the building now housing the Ministry of Defence. An undercroft from Wolsey's Great Chamber, now known as Henry VIII's Wine Cellar survives in the basement of this building, having been relocated nine feet to the west and nearly 19 feet deeper, when buil ...

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Emerging as a distinct body in the late 13th century, it formerly had no official base, but travelled, like the rest of the court, with the monarch and held services wherever he or she was residing at the time. It dates from 1483 as presently constituted. The Dean of the Chapel Royal is a senior office dating from 1312, which has been held since 1748 by the Bishop of London. Daily control is vested in the Sub-dean, who is also Domestic Chaplain to the Sovereign at Buckingham Palace. In the 17th century the chapel had its own building in Whitehall, which burned down in 1698; since 1702 ...

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During the 17th and 18th centuries Birmingham was a large industrial town which was famous for manufacturing every kind of ware imaginable from various metals. Many large foundries attracted workers from all areas of Britain. A survey of 1553 named one of the first goldsmiths of Birmingham, Roger Pemberton. According to a local directory from 1780, there were twenty-six jewellers at the time. By 1880 there were nearly 700. On May 28, 1845 a party of jewellery representatives was sent from Birmingham to Buckingham Palace with th ...

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Jewellery Quarter, Jewellery Quarter - The Jewellery Quarter today, Jewellery Quarter - History, Jewellery Quarter - Pens

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Whitechapel's heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small chapel of ease dedicated to St. Mary: its earliest known rector was Hugh de Fulbourne in 1329. By the late 1500s Whitechapel and the surrounding area had started becoming 'the other half' of London. Located downwind of the genteel sections of west London which were to see the expansion of Westminster Abbey and construction of Buckingham Palace, it naturally attracted the more fragrant activities of the city, particularly tanneries, breweries, foundries (including the Wh ...

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London Metropolitan University was created on 1st August 2002 by the merger of London Guildhall University (now London City campus) and the University of North London (now London North campus). Prior to the merger both institutions had long histories of providing vocational education in the City and north and east London, both as previous Polytechnics. On 28 October 2005, the current president, Roderick Floud, was formally knighted by HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. L ...

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After the Coronation, Elizabeth and Philip moved to Buckingham Palace in central London. It is believed, however, that like many of her predecessors she dislikes the Palace as a residence and considers Windsor Castle, west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at Sandringham House in Norfolk. Queen Elizabeth is the most widely travelled head of state in history (in front of Pope John Paul II). In 1953–54 she and Philip made a six-month round-the-world tour, becoming the first reigning mon ...

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After the Coronation, Elizabeth and Philip moved to Buckingham Palace in central London. It is believed, however, that like many of her predecessors she dislikes the Palace as a residence and considers Windsor Castle, west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at Sandringham House in Norfolk. Queen Elizabeth is the most widely travelled head of state in history (in front of Pope John Paul II). In 1953–54 she and Philip made a six-month round-the-world tour, becoming the first reigning mon ...

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