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25/09/2024

At Buckingham Palace today, the King was presented with the first of the new £5, £10, £20 and £50 banknotes which will show his portrait.

It follows the tradition of the monarch receiving the first issues of new banknotes. The existing banknotes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, will continue to be used alongside the new notes.

Mr Bailey told the King this was the first time the Bank of England had had to change the monarch on the banknotes - as the late Queen Elizabeth II had been the first monarch to have her portrait on all of the Bank of England's banknotes.

The King, who was presented with a set of notes with 00001 serial numbers, described the design as "very elegant".

The new polymer banknotes show an engraving of King Charles based on a picture taken in 2013. Unlike the notes of his mother's reign, the King is not wearing a crown. The banknotes mark one of the last major steps of the transition to the reign of King Charles, with new stamps & coins already in circulation.

The Bank of England says there will be a gradual introduction for the King Charles banknotes, with the current Queen Elizabeth notes remaining in use until they become worn or damaged.

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25/09/2024

Photograph of Queen Mary returning from Trooping the Colour with the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth) & Princess Elizabeth (later HM Queen Elizabeth II) driving in an open-top carriage

6th June 1931.

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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace, April 1948

Photograph taken in Buckingham Palace.

This is one of a series of photographs taken by the society photographer Baron to mark King George V and Queen Elizabeth's silver wedding anniversary in 1948. Photograph signed by the photographer.

📷 Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) (1906-56)

Royal collection trust 👑
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25/09/2024

11 April 1890 – Joseph Merrick died (b.1862)

Joseph Carey Merrick, often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man", & then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society.

Merrick was born in Leicester & began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven, & his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father & stepmother, he left home & went to live with his uncle, Charles Merrick. In 1879, 17-year-old Merrick entered the Leicester Union Workhouse. In 1884, he contacted a showman named Sam Torr & proposed that he might be exhibited. Torr arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named "the Elephant Man".

After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop rented by showman Tom Norman. The shop was visited by surgeon Frederick Treves, who invited Merrick to be physically examined. Merrick was displayed by Treves at a meeting of the Pathological Society of London in 1884, after which Norman's shop was closed by the police.

Merrick then joined Sam Roper's circus & was toured in Europe. In Belgium, Merrick was robbed by his road manager & abandoned in Brussels.

He eventually made his way back to the London Hospital, where he was allowed to stay for the rest of his life. Treves visited him daily, & the pair developed a close friendship. Merrick also received visits from some of the wealthy ladies & gentlemen of London society.

In May 1887, two new buildings at the London hospital were officially opened by the Prince & Princess of Wales (later king Edward VII & Queen Alexandra). The princess wished to meet the Elephant Man, so after a tour of the hospital, the royal party went to his rooms for an introduction. Princess Alexandra shook Merrick's hand & sat with him, an experience that left him overjoyed. She gave him a signed photograph of herself, which became a prized possession & she sent him a Christmas card each year.

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Queen Alexandra (1843-1925) wearing Coronation robes, 9 August 1902.

Photographic portrait in full length of Queen Alexandra at the Stationers' Hall wearing Coronation robes, including crown & jewellery, knelt on a cushion in prayer pose. The Queen has her eyes closed, head tilted slightly down & her hands together as if in prayer.

📷 W & D Downey (active 1855-1941)

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24/09/2024

Princess Eugenie attends a reception and panel discussion on the fashion industry's commitment to sustainability, co-hosted by the United States' ambassador to the UK, Jane Hartley, and Hearst, at the American ambassador's residence on 11 April 2024 in London.

📷 Dave Benett/Getty Images.

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24/09/2024

Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002), when Duchess of York, standing & holding the infant Princess Margaret (1930-2002).

Princess Margaret was born at Glamis Castle on 21 August 1930, the second daughter of the Duke & Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). The Princess was six months old when this photograph was taken.

📷 Marcus Adams © Royal Collection Trust.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, 💗

1986 by Tim Graham.

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King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princesses Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II) & Margaret, 15 December 1936.

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“Serving as Colonel of the Scots Guards since 1974, the longest anyone has spent in this role, has been a true honour and one which will forever fill me with great joy.” - The Duke of Kent

In his 50th year as Colonel, The Duke of Kent will hand over the Colonelcy of the Regiment to The Duke of Edinburgh.

The Duke of Kent has long supported the work of the Scots Guards and visits the Regiment on a regular basis.

This morning, The Duke of Kent attended the Scots Guards annual day of commemoration and remembrance in London – this marked His Royal Highness’s last day as Colonel.

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Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022), 5 July 1928

📷Marcus Adams.

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II when Princess Elizabeth, elbows on cushion, chin in hands, looks to front smiling.

Photographs of Princess Elizabeth from the sitting with Marcus Adams on 5 July 1928 are among the best known portraits of the young Princess Elizabeth.

Royal collection trust.

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24/09/2024

14 April 1857

Princess Beatrice was born at Buckingham Palace & was the fifth daughter & youngest child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert..

The birth caused controversy when it was announced that Queen Victoria would seek relief from the pains of delivery through the use of chloroform administered by Dr John Snow. Chloroform was considered dangerous to mother & child & was frowned upon by the Church of England & the medical authorities. Queen Victoria was undeterred & used "that blessed chloroform" for her last pregnancy.

A fortnight later, Queen Victoria reported in her journal, "I was amply rewarded & forgot all I had gone through when I heard dearest Albert say 'It's a fine child, & a girl!'"

From birth, Beatrice became a favoured child. Although Queen Victoria was known to dislike most babies, she liked Beatrice, whom she considered attractive. Queen Victoria once remarked that Beatrice was "a pretty, plump & flourishing child ... with fine large blue eyes, pretty little mouth & very fine skin". Her long, golden hair was the focus of paintings commissioned by Queen Victoria, who enjoyed giving Beatrice her bath, in marked contrast to her bathing preferences for her other children.

After her fathers death the Queen came to rely upon her youngest daughter, who had declared from an early age: "I don't like weddings at all. I shall never be married. I shall stay with my mother."

As her mother's secretary, she performed duties such as writing on the Queen's behalf & helping with political correspondence. These mundane duties mirrored those that had been performed in succession by her sisters, Alice, Helena & Louise. However, to these the Queen soon added more personal tasks. During a serious illness in 1871, the Queen dictated her journal entries to Beatrice.

Marriage & children;

Queen Victoria was so set against her youngest daughter marrying that she refused to discuss the possibility. Nevertheless, many suitors were put forward, including Louis Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the son of the exiled Emperor Napoleon III of France, & Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, the widower of Beatrice's older sister Alice.

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