Alastair Bruce
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@SkyNews Commentator & @abc :Governor of @edinburghcastle & @britisharmy Race Advocate:Advisor @downtonabbey Ambassador, @HampshireScouts : @cwgc Foundation
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Huge honour to be in conversation with TheQueen about coronation & Regalia for
@BBC
film 14Jan2018.Told HerMajesty my lifelong study began aged 16 when I made full set of crownjewels out of clay-my ImperialStateCrown hasn’t weathered as well as Hers!!
@RoyalFamily
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Yesterday after 20yrs together,
@StephenKnott_
& I were married in
@StJohnPrincesSt
#Edinburgh
This would not have been possible in
@BritishArmy
I joined in 1979 & thanks to
@secsynod
for making this joy possible in
#Scotland
Attitudes change but love is constant.
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Last night my Mum, Vernon, died peacefully at home in bed, ending a remarkable life, aged 96
4 children, 11 grandchildren & 14 great grandchildren can
imagine her back with Daddy starting their eternal marriage, much as they did in Malta GC in 1951
Rejoice, be happy & thankful!
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David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, has died
Childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord Chamberlain of her Household & Captain General of her Body Guard, Royal Company of Archers.
He was serving The King, as Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle, up to his death
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The Queen is 95 today
While she mourns
#PrincePhilip
at WindsorCastle, we quietly mark her birthday, in 1926.
Ironically, on day of her birth, Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Andrew of Greece, & his grandmother had lunch in
#WindsorCastle
with her grandparents
#QueensBirthday
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“My whole life, be it long or short, will be dedicated to your service”, our late Queen said, aged 21. It was a long life and her dedication to our service NEVER wavered. Thank you
#QueenElizabethII
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Funeral done. Salutes given. My friend Matt Holmes RIP
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For first time at a Sovereign’s Lying in State, Scotland’s heralds process with England’s
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The end of the day on which Edinburgh’s duke died.
Our Castle, which he adopted as his symbol, wore its flag at half mast.
Thank you to
@weePhotosEdin
for this captured moment.
#TheDukeofEdinburgh
@edinburghcastle
#Edinburgh
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Waiting in Salisbury Room of House of Lords this morning before Opening of Parliament. Tabard for Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary, I’m wearing was made for coronation of Edward VII in 1902
#lotsofhooks
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Huge honour to be in conversation with TheQueen about coronation & Regalia for
@BBC
film 14Jan2018.Told HerMajesty my lifelong study began aged 16 when I made full set of crownjewels out of clay-my ImperialStateCrown hasn’t weathered as well as Hers!!
@RoyalFamily
@AtlanticProds
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The King (Colonel-in-Chief) has approved my appointment as Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Thrilled to support
@6SCOTS
Commanding Officer & Reservists, while being on
@The_SCOTS
team, led by Colonel of the Regiment
@COM_ARRC
#NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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74yrs ago, George VI’s Christmas Broadcast referred to birth of his grandson, King Charles III (a month before), who gave his first Xmas Message today. In 1948 King George said …
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Portrait of The King released for use in public buildings, shows him in Windsor Castle’s Grand Corridor, wearing Admiral of the Fleet’s uniform, with insignia from Orders of the Garter, Thistle, Bath, Merit & sash of Royal Victorian Order.
@Hugofoto
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Just had
#gout
which makes walking agony😩
To get through Monday’s Garter ceremony, bought orthopaedic shoes & made 2 cardboard ‘buckles’ from old box (cut out shape, wrapped in kitchen foil, added black duck tape) & stuck on
It worked & I’m better now 😊
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My Mother just said,
“This is the fifth reign in my lifetime and I went to funeral of King George V, aged 9”
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King & Queen Consort shown tomb of our shared forebear, Robert the Bruce, by my cousin Charles Bruce in
@abbey_church
today
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This photograph was given by The
#DukeofEdinburgh
to my grandfather, Admiral Peveril William-Powlett, who was his boss in
#MaltaGC
It is signed “Philip Malta 1951” (ink fading)
Caught my eye just now, as I walked by. Thought I would share, as we wish him recovery
@RoyalFamily
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Fortune, Duchess of Grafton died yesterday, just three months short of her 102nd birthday. Mistress of the Robes to The Queen since 1967, she married Hugh FitzRoy (11th Duke of Grafton) in 1946. Wonderful Mum to one of my greatest friends.
@RoyalFamily
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Aged 18 enlisted
@BritishArmy
Apr 1979
Commissioned 12 Apr 1980.
Due to leave, after duties 9 Sep 2024 (Accession Gun Salute).
If I make it, will have served (in some degree) over 45 years!
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The Queen is 96 today
We will fire a 21 Gun Salute at Noon to mark Her Majesty’s
#BIRTHDAY
at
@edinburghcastle
Julian Calder took this portrait and I positioned crown, sword & robe for our book, one frantic but happy afternoon in 2001
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I had been told only Crown Jeweller could touch Crown & only Royal Household could move furniture
I asked for help - The Queen solved problem
I love this clip of The Queen.
Taken from when
@AlastairBruce_
had a discussion with the monarch, he asks an aide to move the crown closer.
Her Majesty just grabs it… “this is what I do when I wear it!”
#PlatinumJubilee
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Their Majesties The King and Queen Consort with Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales (Duke and Duchess of Rothesay) - released this evening
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“Why I, the Queen's black Lord Lieutenant, do not believe the royals are racist” written by
@KenOlisa_LLofGL
, who has been a huge inspiration to me and
@ArmyBAME
@BritishArmy
@ArmyinScotland
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The King looks left, Elizabeth II right. George V & VI looked left
Tradition is direction of head changes each reign
… but Edward VIII insisted on breaking this … 1/2
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My first regiment, Scots Guards, loses its Colonel of 50 years tonight
Will always remember The Duke of Kent met us
@scots_guards
off plane after Falklands War, 1982
The King has appointed The Duke of Edinburgh as 27th Colonel,
#ScotsGuards
, from tomorrow.
#EdwardToEdward
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The King’s Cypher has been released.
Scottish version (to right) has Crown of Scotland
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If anyone asks “Why Remembrance?”
I walk across this esplanade as Governor of
@edinburghcastle
& think of the men who were photographed here at start of WW1 & later picture of survivors at the end.
Just one Scottish unit.
#WeWillRememberThem
Join me at 10.40 on
@SkyNews
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Preparing to meet
#PrinceWilliam
at Holyrood this evening, as Governor of
#EdinburghCastle
, when he arrives to be The Queen’s Lord High Commissioner of the
@generalassembly
- ancient Scottish traditions maintained by
@ArmyinScotland
@LordProvostEdin
@KensingtonRoyal
@The_SCOTS
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Ledger stone over vault in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where
#QueenElizabethII
& The Duke of Edinburgh now lie, with Her parents & Princess Margaret. Star of Order of the Garter in centre
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#Highlight
of my week. Installed by Lord Lyon King of Arms, as Governor of
#EdinburghCastle
@LyonCourt
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Yesterday my 101yo Cousin, Lady Martha Bruce, slipped away
What a life!
She commanded anti-aircraft guns in war, was Prison Governor & sits here, on her father’s knee between George V & Queen Mary, to telescope generations
@BroomhallHouse
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My new friend, Matt Holmes has died. Texted him on Thursday, adding pic of my view in Scotland. He replied
“Beautiful. Very autumnal today here in Winchester.
You reaffirmed my sixth sense. I owe you. Matt”
Life is complicated. I shall miss this fine & proud Marine
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Delighted to be selected as next Governor of Edinburgh Castle by
@BritishArmy
. The Queen, descendant of Robert the Bruce, approved & I will take over in June. This Bruce is now moving home to Scotland, land of my ancestors, to serve principal fortress & emblem of Scottish nation.
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Dame Deborah James was invested with insignia (star & badge with bow broach) as Dame of Most Excellent Order of the British Empire on The Queen’s authority, by The Duke of Cambridge today.
@bowelbabe
@KensingtonRoyal
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This is huge. It is symbolic of The Queen’s profound admiration, encouragement and affirmation of The Duchess of Cambridge and all she has achieved since marrying into the Royal Family.
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Became an officer 44 years ago, today; a year after I joined
@BritishArmy
in April 1979
Margaret Thatcher took parade
@RMASandhurst
& I deployed to Belfast with
@scots_guards
(& 20th birthday cake!)
Now entering 46th & last year serving in uniform … always with great soldiers!
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And so it begins. Tattoo 2023 at Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle is PoppyRed.
Home to prep
@SkyNews
commentary for
#Cenotaph
tomorrow 10.30-12
#RemembranceSunday
#RemembranceDay2023
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At some moment in early hours of 6th February 1952, King George VI died & his 25 year old daughter, Elizabeth, became Queen
Last night, she issued a message of thanks & re dedication to serve, on 70th anniversary
#PlatinumJubilee
- and signed it,
“Your Servant, Elizabeth R”
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At 08.00hrs this morning, National Mourning for
#QueenElizabethII
ended. Flags returned to full mast
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Watching
#commando
doc & my wonderful warrior friend Matt Holmes appears
I miss him - but then so do
@RoyalMarines
@RoyalNavy
his family &
@WinCathedral
We lost General Matt last October.
@BBCTwo
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The
@ArmyinScotland
welcomed
#PrinceWilliam
to Edinburgh today, as he begins his second term as Lord High Commissioner of the
@generalassembly
, with Guard of Honour from Balaclava Company
@The_SCOTS
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The Queen returns to Edinburgh today for first time since COVID Lockdowns began.
Balaclava Company
@The_SCOTS
will provide Guard of Honour to welcome monarch back to Holyrood House &
@1stRegiment_RHA
will fire 21 Gun Salute from
#EdinburghCastle
@ArmyinScotland
@BritishArmy
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Overnight, the moment no one precisely knows will pass that marks 68th anniversary of The Queen’s reign, following the death of King George VI. Tomorrow, at
@edinburghcastle
, on behalf of the nation, a 21
#GunSalute
will be fired at
#Noon
from our battlements by
@ArmyScotland
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“Hail to The Chief” 100 today!!!!🎂🎉🥳🎁
My cousin, Andrew Bruce, Earl of Elgin, was born 17 Feb 1924
Wounded in Normandy 1944 fighting with
@scots_guards
, Knight of the Thistle and Chief of the Bruces
Avuncular mentor & Hon father
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The Queen has affirmed Camilla to be her son’s ‘queen consort’, when he becomes monarch
Under UK Common Law & Precedent, the wife of a king is ‘Queen’
This would be the same at Her Majesty’s mother (Elizabeth), GMother (Mary) & GtGMother (Alexandra). It is her “sincere wish”
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This had huge impact on me.
My Mum is 94
For most of us, it’s our second reign … it’s her fifth …
My Mother just said,
“This is the fifth reign in my lifetime and I went to funeral of King George V, aged 9”
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The Army has announced my successor, as Governor of Edinburgh Castle, will be MajGen Bob Bruce, who will take over in September
It gives me huge pleasure to be followed, in the greatest military role any Scot can fill, by a good friend, a great soldier and another ‘Bruce’!! 1/2
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My Dad & Mum on deck of her father’s launch, in
#MaltaGC
with
#DukeofEdinburgh
- 1951.
He was just 30 and captain of
@hms_magpie
Today, I have privilege of commentating His funeral on
@SkyNews
& supporting
@ABC
@RoyalNavy
@RNinScotland
#PrincePhilip
More pictures later ...
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Prince Charles, The Duke of Rothesay and Edinburgh, is 73 today.
On Monday, at Noon, we will fire 21 GunSalute at
#EdinburghCastle
because Royal salutes are never fired on Sundays.
@ClarenceHouse
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This photograph was given by The
#DukeofEdinburgh
to my grandfather, Admiral Sir Peveril William-Powlett, who was his boss in
#MaltaGC
It is signed “Philip Malta 1951” (ink fading)
Beside me, as I prepare to commentate the funeral for
@SkyNews
on Saturday.
@RoyalFamily
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Joanna Lumley was fabulous this weekend. I’m exhausted from laughter!!
#PlatinumJubilee
#joannalumley
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New Colonels for
@GrenadierGds
The Queen Consort;
@irish_guards
The Princess of Wales &
@WelshGuards
The Prince of Wales
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Princess Elizabeth, by Cecil Beaton, at Windsor Castle during the war … a favourite.
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Prince William, The Earl of Strathearn, has been appointed by The Queen to be Her Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the
@churchscotland
in May. We will fire a salute from
@edinburghcastle
when he assumes highest office, after Queen of Scots
@ArmyScotland
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King of Sweden has reigned for 50 years today.
Succeeded on grandfather’s death, 15 Sep 1973, as Carl XVI Gustaf & head of the House of Bernadotte
#GoldenJubilee
#Sweden
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Missing both now, but thinking especially of a very encouraging Father today.
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Atop
#DukeofEdinburgh
’s coffin will be his Naval Sword: a present from King George VI, when he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947.
From grandfather’s album, here is
#PrincePhilip
arriving in MaltaGC, that sword in hand, before taking command of one of Grandpa’s ships
@hms_magpie
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70 yrs ago today, my parents were married in St Paul’s Cathedral, Valetta
#MaltaGC
Dad didn’t make this anniversary but we are all proud of our Mum & their template of commitment
Here Bride & Groom embark on board
@hms_tyne
, my grandfather’s Flagship, for Reception
#AllInWhite
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Portrait of me, by Caroline Duchess of Leeds, after FalklandsWar hangs in Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
@RHChelsea
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Governor has laid the table for
#NewYearEve
in Edinburgh Castle, before
#fireworks
&
#NewYear2024
Wherever you are
#HappyNewYear2024
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Last portrait painted of
#DukeofEdinburgh
by my exceptional friend, artist
@ralphheimans
Helped Ralph shape painting. Order of the Elephant echoes his
#Danish
roots & history of his family & Queen’s is in corridor. Listen to Ralph,
@DermotMurnaghan
&
@SkyRhiannon
#PrincePhilip
On the latest Sky News
#Daily
podcast with
@DermotMurnaghan
, we look at the life and legacy of the Duke of Edinburgh with royal correspondent
@SkyRhiannon
.
Plus, royal artist
@ralphheimans
shares his memories of Prince Philip.
🎧 Listen in full 👉
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Today, in 2017, on Normandy’s
#DDay
beaches, I represented
@BritishArmy
&
@3rdUKDivision
marking landings on 6 June 1944
My Dad was there on board HMS Ramillies & we have all lived in a peaceful Europe since paragraph
Thanks to our
#veterans
& the freedom they gave us
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In 1979, Earl Mountbatten of Burma’s coffin was conveyed from funeral at
@wabbey
in LandRover.
Perhaps this was where his nephew,
#DukeofEdinburgh
got his inspiration.
@SkyNews
@ABC
#PrincePhilip
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Coronation Medal to go to Armed Forces and frontline emergency service workers -
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Today is the birthday of The Duke of Edinburgh. He is 97. Gun Salutes will be fired at Hyde Park &
@TowerOfLondon
but, as the date falls on a Sunday,
@KingsTroopRHA
&
@HACRegiment
will fire them on Monday (tomorrow) at Noon & 13.00hrs respectively
@SkyNews
@ABC
#dukeofedinburgh
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Just met Alec Galloway, one of most admirable
#warriors
its been my privilege to lead
@scots_guards
. He pulled man who fired at late Queen to the ground & is still Green Coat at
#RoyalAscot2023
@Ascot
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Happy memories: preparing for the crown’s next chapter, this May
Quand Lizzie testait, en la grattant du boulot de l’ongle, la solidité de la couronne de St Edward <3
@AlastairBruce_
: “Ma’am I don’t suppose you’ve seen it much.
Queenie : - No I haven’t. Thank goodness!”
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Stone of Destiny will leave Edinburgh Castle for Perth, following ceremony today
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At 10 minutes past three in the morning, I will be 60! Joy of birthday on 25th June is that it’s exactly 6 months after & 6 months before Christmas. Gather I now qualify for
@transcotland
NationalEntitlementCard which is a huge privilege. Looking forward to great day.
#birthday
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This morning’s
#GunSalute
fired for arrival of
#PrinceWilliam
as Lord High Commissioner to
#GA2021
@churchscotland
thanks to
@StephenKnott_
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There are 1,500 gas lights in London, apparently, & 4 people to wind them every two weeks.
#Gaslighting
#fascinatingfacts
@SkyNews
- waiting for
#SecondStateOpening2019
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Inscription “D.G.REX.F.D” stands for Latin “Dei Gratia Rex Fidei Defensor”
Translation from King’s title “Charles III by Grace of God King, Defender of the Faith”
FD title was given by Pope Leo X in 1521 to Henry VIII & used ever since
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Prince William, The Earl of Strathearn, was appointed by The Queen as Her ‘Lord High Commissioner’ to General Assembly of
@churchscotland
this year, which was cancelled due to
#Covid_19
. He wrote this message to
@churchmoderator
on Thursday.
@edinburghcastle
@ArmyScotland
#Easter
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As day of
#DukeofEdinburgh
’s funeral draws to its close, final photo from his admiral’s album
#PrincePhilip
at centre of day of fun in carefree
#MaltaGC
, months before his wife became Queen
That was nearly 70 years ago: seven decades of support to wife & monarch
@SkyNews
@ABC
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Today’s
@Telegraph
has posted this Notice.
@StephenKnott_
@EdinDiocese
@CanongateKirk
@StJohnPrincesSt
Yesterday after 20yrs together,
@StephenKnott_
& I were married in
@StJohnPrincesSt
#Edinburgh
This would not have been possible in
@BritishArmy
I joined in 1979 & thanks to
@secsynod
for making this joy possible in
#Scotland
Attitudes change but love is constant.
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Defence Attachés Visit to Scotland Dinner in
@edinburghcastle
this evening.
@ArmyinScotland
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Today in Denmark, at 2pm, Queen Margrethe II will abdicate.
Crown Prince Frederick will immediately become king and at 3pm, the Prime Minister will proclaim him from palace balcony.
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New Deputy Chief of the General Staff today
Lieutenant General Sharon Nesmith
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