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When Charles was crowned Prince of Wales… amid assassination fears: Future King made solemn pledge at his investiture 55 years ago today – after Welsh nationalists planted bombs

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Kneeling in front of his mother with his sword at his side, Prince Charles vowed that he would be her ‘liege man of life and limb’ 55 years ago today.  It was a solemn promise that the Prince of Wales – as he was then – would live up to in the decades he spent … Read more

The speech that made the Queen cry: How Princess Elizabeth’s famous 1947 broadcast where she made solemn vow was written by a journalist – before draft was misplaced in a Cape Town bar

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It was the speech that came to define the late Queen’s 70 years on the throne. Speaking to the nation from Cape Town on her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth promised Britons that her ‘whole life whether it be long or short’ would be devoted to their service. Royal writer Valentine Low revealed in … Read more