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Craig Rich (3 February 1938 – 1 December 2024) was a British meteorologist, journalist, radio presenter and television presenter. He was regarded as a prominent stalwart at BBC as he was regarded as the longest-serving regional weather forecaster of BBC.
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 1725 – J. S. Bach first performed his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured) . 1854 – The Orange River Convention was signed in Bloemfontein , with the United Kingdom agreeing to recognise the independence of the Orange Free State in present-day South Africa.
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
A royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the style of "His Royal Highness".. The current royal dukedoms are, in order of precedence of their holders (that is, not in order of precedence of the dukedoms themselves):
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The sheer scope of the book is proof of that." [ 3 ] In The Daily Telegraph review, Peter Oborne wrote "the book is full of wisdom and humor." [ 4 ] Lisa Kaaki of Arab News said, “This book gives an insight into the soul of Pakistan, a country often misunderstood and wrongly portrayed in the media" [ 5 ] The Independent called the book, "a ...
The UK experienced an unusually wet July even as a historic heatwave swept parts of Europe and the world hits back-to-back record-breaking temperatures this year driven by the man-made climate crisis.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.