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| Sean Coughlan | Royal Correspondent |
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| Welcome to Royal Watch. This week the Royal Family played a leading role in emotional Holocaust commemorations in Poland and the UK. We also heard that Princess Beatrice has a new baby daughter. Plus, there are questions about the cost of changing crowns. | |
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Remembering the Holocaust | It was the most sombre of occasions. King Charles was at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, marking Holocaust Memorial Day and commemorating the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation. |
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 | The King lit a candle of remembrance during a special service. Credit: Getty | The King, the first UK head of state to visit Auschwitz, looked moved and thoughtful as he laid a wreath. More than one million people, most of them Jewish, were killed at the camp by the Nazis during the World War Two. |
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|  | Holocaust Memorial Day remembers the six million Jews killed during World War Two. Credit: Getty | "The act of remembering the evils of the past remains a vital task," said the King, who, despite his own health problems, had been determined to attend.
At the Guildhall in London, Prince William and Catherine attended a Holocaust memorial event that brought together survivors living in the UK. Catherine hugged and held hands with 87-year-old Yvonne Bernstein, originally from Germany, who was hidden as a child in France throughout most of the Holocaust. |
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|  | Catherine met with many of the 50 survivors at the event. Credit: Getty | She also met Steven Frank, aged 89, who was held in several Nazi concentration camps. Steven has spoken about his experiences for many years now, acting as a witness to the terrible things that happened. I remember interviewing him during a visit to a school, where he showed pupils the battered tin saucepan he’d had as an inmate and the yellow star he'd been forced to wear. |
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|  | In 2020, Catherine photographed Steven for an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Credit: Getty | The memorial events in Auschwitz and London brought together increasingly frail and elderly survivors. There was a very poignant sense that this would be one of the last times there could be such a gathering for them to share their first-hand testimony. Later this year events will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. |
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Royal Quiz | Construction of Brighton's famous Royal Pavilion, which was supposed to be a seaside pleasure palace for George IV, began in 1787. One of its domes was recently saved from decay following a successful fundraising campaign. But which British monarch sold the building, because it was allegedly not to their taste?
A. King William IV
B. Queen Victoria
C. King George V
Read further down for the answer.
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Princess Beatrice’s baby | Princess Beatrice, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York has given birth to her second child, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday. She's called Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi. |
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|  | The Royal Family are said to be delighted by the baby’s safe arrival. Credit: Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi | The birth took place last week in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The baby was born several weeks premature, weighing 4lb 5oz. Both mother and baby are healthy and well.
Proud father Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi said: "She is tiny and absolutely perfect." |
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