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  • Your Carriage Awaits

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    Did You Know? The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge travelled from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace in the 1902 State Landau following their wedding ceremony in 2011, the same carriage used to transport Prince Charles and Princess Diana from St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1981. Kate Middleton broke tradition when she travelled to the ceremony in…

  • Where to guv’nor?

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    All licensed London taxi drivers need to pass a test known as ‘The Knowledge’ before they can drive one of the famous black cabs. It can take between 2 and 4 years to pass the exam which is based on learning 320 routes between 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks all within a six-mile radius of…

  • Abbey Road Crossing

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    On an August morning in 1969, photographer Ian MacMillan spent about ten minutes taking pictures of the Beatles walking across the pedestrian crossing in front of EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, and the resulting image became the cover for their 1969 album, Abbey Road. Every year, the site attracts thousands of Beatles’ fans from all over…