The Royal Family
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Video: The Duchess of Cornwall's guest-edit of Country Life, as featured on the BBC
Watch Paula Lester on BBC Breakfast discussing The Duchess of Cornwall's guest-edit of Country Life magazine, out on 13th July 2022.
By Country Life Published
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The behind-the-scenes story of The Duchess of Cornwall's guest-edit of Country Life
The 13 July 2022 edition of Country Life, guest-edited by HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been a huge effort stretched out over many months.
By Country Life Published
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How to make The Duchess of Cornwall's favourite dish: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream
John Williams, the revered executive chef of The Ritz, cooks The Duchess of Cornwall's favourite dish: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream.
By Country Life Published
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The Duchess of Cornwall, as photographed by The Duchess of Cambridge for Country Life
The upcoming 13 July 2022 issue of Country Life is being guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall — and the cover portrait was taken by her daughter-in-law, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.
By Country Life Published
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'The monarchy is not a cold, rational, legal structure, but a living, vibrant, human creation with human weaknesses and human strengths'
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee has been and gone, but it's left an indelible memory and reminded Britain that it still has some things to be proud of, says our columnist Agromenes.
By Country Life Published
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee: Seven of the defining images from four days of celebration
We've picked out our favourite images from the celebrations across the country.
By Country Life Published
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Curious Questions: What is it like to sing at a royal coronation in Westminster Abbey?
The choristers at the Coronation are now in their eighties, but recall vividly the day they sang for The Queen, as Andrew Green discovers.
By Country Life Published
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The strangest things named after Queen Elizabeth II, from flower markets to a Filipino teenage celebrity
A rose, a reservoir and a telescope are only some of the many quirky places and objects called Elizabeth II after The Queen, finds Carla Passino.
By Carla Passino Published
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The Country Life guide to running the ultimate Platinum Jubilee street party
It’s time to dust off your tartan and put on a tiara, says Debora Robertson, in her handy guide to organising the ultimate Platinum Jubilee street party.
By Debora Robertson Published
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We asked six top architects to reimagine Buckingham Palace — here's what they came up with
The façade of Buckingham Palace is so familiar that it’s easy to forget it is younger than Country Life. It also strikes John Goodall as dull. To mark the Jubilee, he asks six architects to suggest, in playful spirit, how it might be changed for the better.
By John Goodall Published
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Curious Questions: What is a jubilee?
The celebration of HM's Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee is imminent — but what is a jubilee, and where does this strange word come from? Martin Fone investigates.
By Martin Fone Published
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to guest edit Country Life to mark her 75th birthday
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is to join a prestigious line-up of royal Guest Editors when she takes charge of the July 13 issue of Country Life to mark her 75th birthday.
By Paula Lester Published
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HRH The Prince of Wales: 'The UK is one of the most Nature-depleted places on the planet... we have to respond now before the capacity of Nature’s systems is ruptured for good'
Wednesday's edition of Country Life sees HRH The Prince of Wales write his traditional birthday leader article, focusing this year on the huge importance of hedgerows to the nature of Britain — and what we can do to protect and nourish them.
By Country Life Published
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Anne Glenconner: How rehabilitating Princess Margaret made her a literary phenomenon on the cusp of her tenth decade
Anne Glenconner, the former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret who has become a publishing phenomenon, speaks to Flora Watkins about finding fame late in life. Main photograph by Hal Shinnie.
By Flora Watkins Published
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New tickets available for opening of Queen's private gardens at Buckingham Palace
Large areas of the gardens at Buckingham Palace are to be opened freely to visitors for the first time this summer, and due to 'exceptional demand' extra dates have been put on between now and September.
By Toby Keel Published
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Why it’s time for the Royal Family to turn Buckingham Palace Gardens into a public park
If the gardens of Buckingham Palace were opened to the public, it would transform the frenetic centre of London, says Simon Jenkins.
By Simon Jenkins Published
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Farming for our futures: The full story of How The Prince of Wales turned Sandringham organic
Over the past year, we have documented the Sandringham estate’s move to a fully organic enterprise. Here, The Prince of Wales tells Paula Lester why farming naturally and sustainably is so vital for the soil, wildlife and our own health.
By Paula Lester Published
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The Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021: Renaissance Man, Family Man and tireless pillar for Queen and country
As the world pays its final respects to the Duke of Edinburgh, royal biographer Hugo Vickers looks at the man and his incomparable contribution to the nation.
By Hugo Vickers Published
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All the Royal Family's tributes to Prince Philip: 'My strength and stay', 'a remarkable man' and 'cheeky right til the end'
Words of thanks and warm tributes have been paid to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, by his immediate family.
By Country Life Published
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Prince Philip: A tribute in words and pictures
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh died on April 9, 2021, at the age of 99. Here, Country Life takes a look at the extraordinary impact of a man who shaped the nation over the course of nine decades.
By Country Life Published
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99: 'A pillar in the life of our Queen'
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99.
By Toby Keel Published