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Royal family's photo album #1

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Today HM the Queen opened the new exhibition of History of the Monarchy in the United Kingdom

New photos and some unexpected but very delightful news

This morning the Palace announced that The Princess of Wales is expecting. The statement was followed by photos depicting the happy couple.

Just look at these pictures! They are literally stunning 😍 They are done by very talented @houseofwindensor

Queen Elizabeth II of Windensor

«I, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary take thee, Philip to my wedded husband. To have and to hold from this day forward for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. To love and cherish and obey till death do us apart.»

Just Bertie and Elizabeth wishing you a very happy Christmas

Happy birthday!🤗🥳😊

Thank you very very much 🥰

Royals from the past

Elizabeth, the Queen-consort of the UK (1948)

The making of a modern princess

Today The Princess of Wales gave a master class to a new member of the Royal Family in performing royal duties.

The Princess of Wales unveiled a statue of the Roman Goddess of wild animals and the hunt at Victoria and Albert Museum.

She was accompanied by Prince Edward's fiancee Sophie Rhys-Jones. Sophie looked a little nervous but Diana did all her best to comfort her. Royal watchers claim that we are witnessing the beginning of a new friendship between the Queen's daughters-in-law.

"Sophie is very lucky to be allowed to learn how the Firm is functioning. We all know about the difficulties that Diana experienced when she joined the Windsors. So, by all accounts, the Firm has learned from their mistakes and is now trying to prepare Ms Rhys-Jones for her future role" - says royal expert and biographer Maggie Smith.

Prince Edward is now engaged to marry Ms. Sophie Rhys-Jones

This morning the Buckingham Palace made a statement about the engagement of Prince Edward, the youngest son of HM the Queen and The Duke of Edunburgh.

Edward proposed to Sophie with a delicate engagement ring featuring a two-carat oval diamond set in 18-karat gold. This engagement ring was made by Garrard & Co and is believed to worth an estimated £105,000.

It is known that the couple is to marry in June at St. George's Chapel of Windsor Castle

"We are the very best of friends and that’s essential but it also helps that we also love each other very much," the Prince told the press.

Who is Sophie?

Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on January 20, 1965 in Oxford.

Sophie’s father runs an import-export business that sold automobile tires to Hungary, and her mother works as a part-time secretary.

Sophie attended West Kent College, a private girls’ day school, and a local secretarial college, she worked briefly in a bar and later as a press officer for Capital Radio and as a concierge at a winter sports resort in Switzerland. There she became romantically involved with an Australian ski instructor and followed him to Australia.

When that relationship ended, Rhys-Jones returned to London and began working for the public-relations company Maclaurin Communication and Media. In 1996, with business partner Murray Harkin, she set up a public-relations company, R-J H.