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Today, at 08:34 BST, HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby GIRL! :D
The new 'Princess Of Cambridge' will be fourth in-line to the throne. No formal announcement of names has been given yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117


^ This is an UNOFFICIAL town cryer by the way. ;)

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congrats to the Royal Family
Long Live to the Baby...

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Sailors standing on the flight decks of Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster and Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon spelt out the word "sister" in honour of the royal baby.
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HMS Lancaster is known as 'The Queen's Ship', as Her Majesty is also 'The Duke Of Lancaster'.
HMS Dragon is strongly associated with Wales.

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Buckingham Palace has formally announced the birth of the new baby girl with the tradition of a framed proclamation notice placed onto an easel in the Buckingham Palace forecourt.



It reads: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34am. The baby weighs 8 pounds 3 ounces. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well." It is also signed by doctors from the hospital.

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How long before the tin-foil hat brigade call this a conspiracy to distract everyone away from the election?

Well, they did say it was one to distract everyone from the Scottish Referendum.

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Prince William arrives at St Mary's hospital with the new baby's 'big brother'.


The Cambridge's introduce their new daughter to the world's media.


Finally, the proud parents and new daughter leave hospital to drive home to Kensington Palace.

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Family members have visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's new baby daughter at Kensington Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32572520

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I can't be the only one who just doesn't give a f...

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Dave wrote:I can't be the only one who just doesn't give a f...
Not really. I'm a pretty big monarchist and even I think this is overblown.

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41 gun salutes are due to be fired at 2pm today simultaneously in Hyde Park and The Tower Of London to salute the birth of the new Princess of Cambridge. Still no news about names yet.

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SKB wrote:41 gun salutes are due to be fired at 2pm today simultaneously in Hyde Park and The Tower Of London to salute the birth of the new Princess of Cambridge. Still no news about names yet.
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana according to the "Breaking News" on my Sky News app.

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Dave wrote:Charlotte Elizabeth Diana according to the "Breaking News" on my Sky News app.
Name: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Windsor
Title: HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

Yes, confirmed by BBC News too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32583432

Apparently, 'Charlotte' is Pippa Middleton's middle name, and 'Elizabeth' is also the middle names of both Catherine and her mother, Carol Middleton.

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Princess Charlotte's birth certificate. Note the parents occupations. :)


For the record, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is also a princess of the United Kingdom because she's actually 'Princess William Of Cambridge'. However, she is not 'Princess Catherine', 'Princess Kate', or 'Princess Kate Middleton'.

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HM Queen Elizabeth II was crowned as Queen today 62 years ago on 2nd June 1953. On the 9th September 2015, Her Majesty is expected to surpass the record of Queen Victoria as Britain's longest reigning monarch.

Trivia: Queen Victoria's real first name was Alexandrina. Victoria was a middle name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

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As a commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of The Queen's Coronation on Tuesday 2nd June 1953 at Westminster Abbey I thought it appropriate to post the full version of the much celebrated colour film chronicle of this event. Narration by Sir Laurence Olivier.


Also, a BBC Four documentary focusing on behind the scenes of the planning of the 1953 Coronation.

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Prince Philip swears at photographer!

^ Prince Philip tells photographer at the Battle Of Britain 75th Anniversary to "just take the f*cking picture" !
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Kensington Palace issues a warning to the press and pappazzi over concerns to the safety and privacy of Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
From: Jason Knauf, Communications Secretary to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and HRH Prince Henry of Wales, 14th August, 2015


I am writing to provide an overview of the current challenges facing Kensington Palace as we seek to protect Prince George and Princess Charlotte from harassment and surveillance by paparazzi photographers. I hope our experience will inform the ongoing effort to uphold standards on the protection of children in a rapidly changing media landscape.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have expressed their gratitude to British media organisations for their policy of not publishing unauthorised photos of their children. This stance, guided not just by their wishes as parents, but by the standards and codes of the industry as it relates to all children, is to be applauded. They are pleased also that almost all reputable publications throughout the Commonwealth – in particular Australia, Canada, and New Zealand – and in other major media markets like the United States have adopted a similar position.

The Duke and Duchess are glad that leaders in the media industry share the view that every child, regardless of their future public role, deserves a safe, happy, and private childhood. They have been delighted to share official photographs of Prince George and Princess Charlotte in recent months to thank the public for the thousands of kind messages of support they have received. News photographers have had several recent opportunities to take photos of the family and these will be a regular occurrence as both children get older.

Despite this, paparazzi photographers are going to increasingly extreme lengths to observe and monitor Prince George's movements and covertly capture images of him to sell to the handful of international media titles still willing to pay for them. One recent incident – just last week – was disturbing, but not at all uncommon. A photographer rented a car and parked in a discreet location outside a children's play area. Already concealed by darkened windows, he took the added step of hanging sheets inside the vehicle and created a hide stocked with food and drinks to get him through a full day of surveillance, waiting in hope to capture images of Prince George. Police discovered him lying down in the boot of the vehicle attempting to shoot photos with a long lens through a small gap in his hide.

It is of course upsetting that such tactics – reminiscent as they are of past surveillance by groups intent on doing more than capturing images – are being deployed to profit from the image of a two-year old boy. In a heightened security
environment such tactics are a risk to all involved. The worry is that it will not always be possible to quickly distinguish between someone taking photos and someone intending to do more immediate harm.

This incident was not an isolated one. In recent months photographers have:

• on multiple occasions used long range lenses to capture images of The Duchess playing with Prince George in a number of private parks;
• monitored the movements of Prince George and his nanny around London parks and monitored the movements of other household staff;
• photographed the children of private individuals visiting The Duke and Duchess's home;
• pursued cars leaving family homes;
• used other children to draw Prince George into view around playgrounds;
• been found hiding on private property in fields and woodland locations around The Duke and Duchess's home in Norfolk;
• obscured themselves in sand dunes on a rural beach to take photos of Prince George playing with his grandmother;
• placed locations near the Middleton family home in Berkshire under steady surveillance

It is clear that while paparazzi are always keen to capture images of any senior member of The Royal Family, Prince George is currently their number one target. We have made the decision to discuss these issues now as the incidents are becoming more frequent and the tactics more alarming. A line has been crossed and any further escalation in tactics would represent a very real security risk.

All of this has left The Duke and Duchess concerned about their ability to provide a childhood for Prince George and Princess Charlotte that is free from harassment and surveillance. They know that almost all parents love to share photos of their children and they themselves enjoy doing so. But they know every parent would object to anyone – particularly strangers – taking photos of their children without their permission. Every parent would understand their deep unease at only learning they had been followed and watched days later when photographs emerged.

The Duke and Duchess are of course very fortunate to have private homes where photographers cannot capture images of their children. But they feel strongly that both Prince George and Princess Charlotte should not grow up exclusively behind palace gates and in walled gardens. They want both children to be free to play in public and semi-public spaces with other children without being photographed. In addition, the privacy of those other children and their families must also be preserved.

Rest assured that we continue to take legal steps to manage these incidents as they occur. But we are aware that many people who read and enjoy the publications that fuel the market for unauthorised photos of children do not know about the unacceptable circumstances behind what are often lovely images. The use of these photos is usually dressed up with fun, positive language about the 'cute', 'adorable' photos and happy write ups about the family. We feel readers deserve to understand the tactics deployed to obtain these pictures.

We hope a public discussion of these issues will help all publishers of unauthorised photos of children to understand the power they hold to starve this disturbing activity of funding. I would welcome constructive conversations with any publisher or editor on these topics. And I would ask for your help as we work to encourage the highest standards on the protection of children in every corner of the media. The Duke and Duchess are determined to keep the issues around a small number of paparazzi photographers distinct and separate from the positive work of most newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and web publishers around the world.

The text from this letter, which has been sent to a number of people in leadership positions, will be placed in the public domain to raise awareness of the issues discussed.

Jason Knauf,
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Queen Elizabeth II will become Britain's longest-reigning monarch later today when she passes the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.

The Queen will have reigned for 63 years and seven months - calculated at 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes at about 17:30 BST.

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Time Now: 17:30 BST (Reign: 63 years, 7 months, 16 hours, 30 minutes)

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has now OFFICIALLY become the United Kingdom's longest reigning Monarch.

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We continue to be impressed with your Prince and his efforts to recognize the wounded and maimed:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/pri ... ?id=348966

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Crossrail, the new railway which will run beneath London, is to be named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen, Boris Johnson has announced.
London's mayor revealed the line's name and purple logo as he visited Bond Street station with the monarch.

Trains on the railway will travel under the centre of the city, linking parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to Essex when it opens in December 2018.
Mr Johnson said it was "wonderful" the line had "such a significant name".

"The Elizabeth Line will provide a lasting tribute to our longest-serving monarch", the mayor said.



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Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Her 90th Birthday

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Queen Greets Obama At Windsor Castle.



After arriving, 94 year old Prince Philip then drove the quartet into Windsor Castle for lunch.

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The Queen Reacts To The Obama's 'Invictus Games' Challenge!

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