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14:25 UK time, Tuesday, 15 January 2013
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To critics of the monarchy, the publication of this once secret document is further proof of the power the institution exercises from behind the throne.
Bills as varied as the 1998 Data Protection Act and the 1996 Housing Act needed the approval of either the Queen or Prince Charles before becoming law.
16:42 UK time, Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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For constitutional purists this was a mildly troubling encounter which muddied the waters between a hereditary monarch and an elected accountable cabinet.
For many others, it was a unique moment which probably hasn't been seen in peacetime for three centuries.
16:19 UK time, Thursday, 13 December 2012
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There is an obvious potential beneficiary of this legislation.
If William and Kate's first born is a girl, she will be queen even if she is followed by a younger brother.
14:29 UK time, Thursday, 6 December 2012
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As the pregnancy progresses, William and Kate face another challenge in the coming weeks.
The prince with a destiny to fulfil one day has to decide what to do in the meantime.
17:10 UK time, Wednesday, 5 December 2012
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This is embarrassing for the Edward VII hospital which up until now has been favoured by the royals when seeking medical treatment - and an unnecessary distraction for Prince William and his wife.
The private hospital has fallen victim to a hoax call in which one of the Australian DJs did a poor impression of the Queen; another pretended to be Prince Charles.
16:08 UK time, Tuesday, 4 December 2012
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A normally sedate street in the heart of London has been transformed, temporarily, into a live broadcast location for reporters from the UK and abroad.
The King Edward VII private hospital provides the backdrop, but little else.
22:41 UK time, Monday, 3 December 2012
Theresa May can breathe a sigh of relief. On top of the terrorist threat and police commissioners, she does not have to add next year's royal birth to her in-tray.
Other home secretaries have not been so fortunate.
21:02 UK time, Monday, 3 December 2012
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As with William and Kate's wedding, this pregnancy will be played out both on a private and a very public stage.
It was the great unsaid. As one historian put it, the first "duty and ambition" of someone in the duchess' position was to produce an heir.
19:53 UK time, Wednesday, 28 November 2012
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Another speech by Prince William; another chance to tease his younger brother, with a dig at his academic abilities.
The brothers are close and competitive. Prince Harry gives as good as he gets.
17:59 UK time, Tuesday, 16 October 2012
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Prince Charles and his officials will be relieved the government has come to the aid of the future king.
One day of partially submerged headlines - the announcement has been made on a particularly busy news day - is preferable to several days devoted to the prince's thinking and style of writing.
19:24 UK time, Tuesday, 25 September 2012
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It has been likened to a weekly visit to a counsellor or a psychiatrist. At the Queen's audience with her prime minister, no one else is present - except the corgis.
As Sir John Major once remarked, "If they had ever been bugged, the Russians would have known all our secrets."
20:19 UK time, Saturday, 15 September 2012
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Wllliam and Kate face challenges in both the short and longer term.
In the coming days, they will have to decide what, if any, action to take against the Irish Daily Star.
12:04 UK time, Saturday, 15 September 2012
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After the anger and the hurt comes rare royal action.
On Monday a judge in Paris will be asked to grant an injunction preventing Closer magazine in France using these topless images again.
16:48 UK time, Tuesday, 11 September 2012
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In their second year of marriage, William and Kate are undertaking their second major overseas tour.
They will visit two former British colonies on behalf of the government and two realms on behalf of Prince William's grandmother. As things stand, in years to come, the tiny South Pacific islands will welcome the couple as their king and queen.
19:05 UK time, Wednesday, 15 August 2012
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At 91 - despite insisting last year he was "sort of winding down" - Prince Philip has maintained a busy schedule in recent months. Last week he was in a jovial mood at a garden party at Balmoral and at the start of this week, he attended the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight.
It was after he returned to the Highlands, that the prince began to feel unwell.
18:00 UK time, Monday, 2 July 2012
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At a time of cuts, the palace is keen to portray itself as an institution which is sharing the pain.
But there are two challenges to this narrative.
17:23 UK time, Friday, 29 June 2012
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It's become a fixture of the royal calendar - a chance to peek at the prince's spreadsheets.
For a second year, the amount of taxpayers' money spent on the heir to the throne has gone up.
11:01 UK time, Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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The Queen doesn't give interviews and unlike other well-known public figures, she never bares her soul.
Her thoughts on meeting Martin McGuinness will be recorded in her diary, but not shared with the rest of us.
14:59 UK time, Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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A second former prime minister in two days. A second direct challenge to aspects of the evidence given by Rupert Murdoch, on oath, two months ago.
The proprietor - who didn't ask a prime minister for anything, according to his account - did, Sir John Major insisted, threaten to withdraw the support of his papers if the Tories didn't change their policy on Europe.
18:51 UK time, Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Outwardly, the signs are good.
After his second spell in hospital in six months - the first was to deal with a blocked coronary artery - Prince Philip walked out of the building, smiled and waved at reporters, and was driven to Windsor Castle. He'll celebrate his 91st birthday tomorrow.
Peter has worked for more than 20 years as a BBC correspondent. He has covered the royals; politics; the evolving Northern Ireland peace process; and major events at home and abroad.
He conducted Prince William's first ever broadcast interview; and Prince Harry's first radio interview.
Peter worked in the US during the Presidential Elections and in Qatar during the Iraq War. He has also reported from Moscow, Croatia, South Africa, Kuwait and Hong Kong at the time of the 1997 Handover.
He has reported in the Iraq Inquiry; the Diana Inquest; the Golden Jubilee; the Seventh of July Inquests; and several General Election campaigns.
Peter grew up in Essex and graduated from the University of York. He joined the BBC as a News Trainee in 1988.
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