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| General |
| Royal Dates |
| Prince Philip born |
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10 June 1921 |
| Princess Elizabeth born |
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21 April 1926 |
| Princess Margaret born |
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21 August 1930 |
| George V dies |
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20 January 1936 |
| Edward VIII abdicates |
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11 December 1936 |
| Princess Alexandra born |
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25 December 1936 |
| George VI's coronation |
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12 May 1937 |
| Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson at Chateau de Candé, near Tours, France |
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3 June 1937 |
| Camilla Rosemary Shand born in King's College Hospital, London. Her father, Major Bruce Shand, is a wine merchant and former army officer; his wife Rosalind is the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. One of her maternal great–grandmothers, Alice Keppel, was a mistress of King Edward VII |
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17 July 1947 |
| Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip |
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20 November 1947 |
| Prince Charles born |
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14 November 1948 |
| Princess Anne born |
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15 August 1950 |
| George VI dies |
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6 February 1952 |
| Queen Mary dies |
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24 March 1953 |
| Elizabeth II's coronation |
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2 June 1953 |
| Prince Charles created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester |
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26 July 1958 |
| Prince Andrew born |
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19 February 1960 |
| Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong–Jones |
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6 May 1960 |
| David Armstrong–Jones (Viscount Linley) born |
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3 November 1961 |
| Princess Alexandra (of Kent) marries the Hon. Angus Ogilvy |
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24 April 1963 |
| Prince Edward born |
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10 March 1964 |
| Lady Sarah Armstrong–Jones (later Chatto) born |
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1 May 1964 |
| Prince Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales (Caernarfon Castle) |
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1 July 1969 |
| Duke of Windsor dies in Paris |
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28 May 1972 |
| Princess Anne marries Lieutenant Mark Phillips (Prince Charles's 25th birthday) |
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14 November 1973 |
| Princess Anne and Mark Phillips survive an armed kidnap attempt in The Mall |
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20 March 1974 |
| Prince Charles takes command of HMS Bronington |
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9 February 1976 |
| Peter Phillips (the Queen's first grandchild) born |
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15 November 1977 |
| Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon divorce |
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11 July 1978 |
| Lord Mountbatten assassinated by the IRA |
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27 August 1979 |
| Zara Phillips born |
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15 May 1981 |
| Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry in St. Paul's Cathedral |
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29 July 1981 |
| Catherine Elizabeth Middleton born in Reading. Her great–grandparents Noël and Olive Middleton played host to members of the British royal family in the 1920s through to the 1940s; her maternal family are descended from coal miners and have been described as working class |
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9 June 1982 |
| Prince William born |
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21 June 1982 |
| Prince Harry born |
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15 September 1984 |
| Duchess of Windsor dies in Paris |
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24 April 1986 |
| Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson |
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23 July 1986 |
| Princess Anne styled HRH The Princess Royal |
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13 June 1987 |
| The Grand Knockout Tournament ("It's a Royal Knockout") |
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17 June 1987 |
| Princess Beatrice (of York) born |
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8 August 1988 |
| Princess Eugenie (of York) born |
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23 March 1990 |
| Princess Anne and Mark Phillips divorce |
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23 April 1992 |
| Windsor Castle fire |
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20 November 1992 |
| The Queen makes her "annus horribilis" speech (at the Guildhall, London) |
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24 November 1992 |
| Princess Anne marries Timothy Laurence |
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12 December 1992 |
Buckingham Palace open to the public for the first time
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7 August 1993 |
| Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson (Duke and Duchess of York) divorce |
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30 May 1996 |
| Charles and Diana divorce |
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28 August 1996 |
| Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris |
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31 August 1997 |
| Princess Diana's funeral (watched on TV by an estimated 32 million in the UK and 2.5 billion
worldwide – one of the biggest television audiences in history)
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6 September 1997 |
| Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys–Jones marry at Windsor Castle |
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19 June 1999 |
| Princess Margaret dies |
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9 February 2002 |
| Queen Mother dies, aged 101 |
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30 March 2002 |
| Lady Louise Windsor (Prince Edward's first) born |
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8 November 2003 |
| Sir Angus Ogilvy dies |
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26 December 2004 |
| Prince Charles and Camilla Parker–Bowles marry |
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9 April 2005 |
| James, Viscount Severn (Prince Edward's second child and only son, and the Queen's last grandchild) born |
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17 December 2007 |
| Peter Phillips marries Autumn Kelly |
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17 May 2008 |
| Savannah Phillips (the Queen's first great–grandchild) born |
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29 December 2010 |
| Prince William and Catherine (Kate) Middleton marry |
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29 April 2011 |
| Zara Phillips marries rugby footballer Mike Tindall |
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30 July 2011 |
| Prince George of Cambridge born |
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22 July 2013 |
| Princess Charlotte of Cambridge born |
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2 May 2015 |
| The Queen celebrates her Sapphire Jubilee (but in a very low–key way) |
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6 February 2017 |
| Prince Louis of Cambridge born |
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23 April 2018 |
| Prince Harry (Duke of Sussex) marries US actress Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel, Windsor |
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19 May 2018 |
| Princess Eugenie (of York) marries wine merchant Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor |
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12 October 2018 |
| Prince Archie Harrison Mountbatten–Windsor (son of Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex) born in Portland Hospital, London |
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6 May 2019 |
| Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announce that they are "stepping back" from royal duties |
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8 January 2020 |
| Prince Harry's autobiography, Spare, published |
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10 January 2021 |
| Princess Lilibet Diana Mountbatten–Windsor (second child of Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex) born in Santa Barbara, California |
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4 June, 2021 |
| HM Queen Elizabeth II dies, and is succeeded by her eldest son, Charles |
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8 September 2022 |
| Coronation of King Charles III |
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6 May 2023 |
| Prince Harry drops his libel claim against Associated Newspapers after accusing the Mail on Sunday of defaming him in a February 2022 article about the security / policing issue. It comes after the judge stated in December that the newspaper had a good chance of proving that Harry's side conducted a "master class of spinning" designed to mislead the public. Harry has to pay all costs, which the Mail estimated to be around £750,000 |
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19 January 2024 |
| Catherine, Princess of Wales, undergoes abdominal surgery |
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16 January 2024 |
| Prince Harry settles for a "full and unequivocal apology" from News Group Newspapers (NGN – publishers of The Sun and the News of the World) "for the serious intrusion by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 into his private life". NGN also apologizes for serious intrusions in the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales. The settlement is reportedly around £8–16 million – roughly in line with his legal bills). He had been expected to testify for four days in February. |
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22 January 2024 |
| King Charles reveals that he has cancer, detected during a prostate procedure ten days previously, and is undergoing treatment. The form of cancer is not revealed |
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5 February 2024 |
| Prince Harry settles his legal action against Mirror Group Newspapers for unlawful information gathering for "a substantial additional sum by way of damages." He'd won a preliminary judgment of 140,000 pounds regarding 15 articles. The total settlement was reportedly £300,000, plus legal costs |
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9 February 2024 |
| Kensington Palace releases an image of Kate and her kids, taken by Prince William, for Mother's Day. It had been manipulated, and less than 12 hours later, four major photo agencies issue kill notices on the image for breaking their rules. Kate apologises, saying she experimented in the editing. |
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10 March 2024 |
| King Charles returns to public–facing engagements after starting cancer treatment |
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3 April 2024 |
| Bank of England banknotes featuring King Charles III go into circulation |
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5 June 2024 |
| Princess Anne is rushed to hospital after being found on her estate with injuries and a concussion, likely after being struck by a horse. She spends five nights in hospital |
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23 June 2024 |
| Meghan's eight–part lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, airs on Netflix (after being delayed from its original Jan 15 premiere date due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. It claims to "reimagine the genre." |
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4 March 2025 |
| Prince Harry resigns from his Sentebale charity over an internal dispute with its chair, Sophie Chandauka |
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24 March 2025 |
| Meghan's As Ever products, including raspberry preserve and flower sprinkles, go on sale – and instantly sell out |
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2 April 2025 |
| Meghan launches her new podcast series, Confessions of a Female Founder, on Lemonada |
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8 April 2025 |
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