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Philip had a niece who married a Port Alberni guy in 1979 and, according to the Vancouver Sun, settled into an ordinary job and quiet life in the Lower Mainland, where she was determined to downplay her royal connection. His nephew Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Duke of Zähringen, once owned a private island, complete with eight-bedroom lodge, at the north end of the Strait of Georgia. Philip and the Queen popped up there during the 1994 Commonwealth Games. It was during the 1994 Victoria s...

Minnie Dean in 1872 Photo: Te Ara Our social, political, cultural and economic life is being severely disrupted by Covid-19. But how have New Zealanders coped with major national disruptive events in the past?  For people who lost their jobs and had few savings the early years of the 1930s were tough. Here a group of men queue with their enamel mugs for some hot soup. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614) Reference: EP-8645-1/2-F

favourite family traditions and what they will be eating and drinking over the festive period. Phil revealed the sweet family tradition his two daughters still enjoy taking part in, telling ITV: "We have traditions now with our girls which we do every year. Even now theyre in their twenties, we get oats and we make an oat arrow that we sprinkle on the lawn and it points the way to the house so that Father Christmas doesnt miss us! "The girls have always done that and we still do that now, whic...