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A list of hidden talents you didnt know the Royal Family had range from bilingual skills to adventurous sports hobbies.

The Queen had several official royal portrait paintings commissioned during her 70-year reign and the King is set to follow in her footsteps with a portrait to commemorate his coronation.

A PAEDOPHILE care worker told a 12-year-old schoolgirl he would take her home and teach her about sex after contacting her on an online chat room.

A PAEDOPHILE was warned to expect a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to child sex offences.

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Following the Queens death at the age of 96, 17 months after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, a look back at how her love for Prince Philip grew from a teenage infatuation into a steadfast marriage.

She has appeared in plays, novels, paintings – even love songs. From Andy Warhol to Alan Bennett, artists, writers and musicians have changed our picture of the Queen we think we know

Painter Michael Noakes and his writer wife Vivien published The Daily Life Of The Queen: An Artists Diary after spending 1999 recording her life - includes private moments at Sandringham Kennels.

Among those whose recollections have been included in a new book are Nelson Mandela, portrait painter Michael Noakes, Lord (Denis) Healey and US harmonica player Larry Adler.

AN author from Colwall has written a biography of Britains longest-serving Home Secretary. Stephen Harts new book tells the story of James Chuter Ede, who was home secretary between 1945 and 1951, longer than anyone else. The book, entitled James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician, has been published by Pen and Sword and is the first biography to be written about the former MP. Chuter Ede is the only member of Clement Attlees 1945 cabinet not to have yet had a biography written ...