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Six ways to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Kent

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Kent Life

Anna Lambert

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All sorts of activities will be taking place to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's record-breaking 70-year reign - to find one nearest you in Kent, see here Meanwhile, here are just some of the Kent highlights we can look forward to.

Cherries Jubilee cake

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Recipe: Make our Cherries Jubilee cake

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Ruth leads the way up the steps

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A three mile circular walk around Grimsargh

Ruth Buckley

Pan-Asian dining at Omboo, Sopwell House, St Albans

Hertfordshire Life

Herts best food and drink recommendations May 2022

Richard Young

A timber rarity: the Church of St James and St Paul

Cheshire Life

A woodland walk near Marton that is great for all seasons

David Dunford

Stunning Hardwick Hall

Derbyshire Life

A 6.5-mile walk through the Hardwick Hall Estate

Helen Moat

St Peter and St Paul at Long Compton, Warwickshire

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Gloucester Tall Ships will be returning with a host of colourful characters in 2022

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Tracy Spiers

Reeth and Fremington Edge seen from above

Yorkshire Life

Yorkshire walk - Fremington Edge, Swaledale

Paul Kirkwood

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Richard Young

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Competitors in the 2015 Norfolk Superhero race

Norfolk Magazine

What's on in Norfolk June 2022

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Sandringham, the Queen's much-loved Norfolk residence

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6 things to do at the Queen's Norfolk home at Sandringham

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The Royal Norfolk Show at the Norfolk Showground

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Royal Norfolk Show back for 2022 with new attractions

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Neil Graham used to train racehorses for the Queen and is now director of racing at Chelmsford

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The Norfolk man who trained horses for the Queen

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This group of Edward VIII memorabilia, which was given by the King to his valet, sold for £1,600 at Keys last year

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Is your royal memorabilia worth a mint?

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The Queen's goddaughter, Victoria Pryor, outside her Cley delicatessen, Picnic Fayre

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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are due to release their new album in time for Christmas

Hampshire Life

Ball and Boe announce a new album for 2022

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Somerset Life

5 of the best Somerset events for the Jubilee weekend

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National Afternoon Tea Week will take place from 12 to 18 August! Photo Credit: EmmaIsabelle, Getty

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13 of the best afternoon teas and cream teas in Dorset

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A sculpture exhibition 200ft beneath the Forest of Dean

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Children playing on a lawn in front of a stately home.

Devon Life

22 fab half term and Jubilee activities in Devon

Andy Cooper

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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are due to release their new album in time for Christmas

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Ball and Boe announce a new album for 2022

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Pan-Asian dining at Omboo, Sopwell House, St Albans

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Win a champagne and jewellery shopping day in Harrogate worth £500

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The Queen's goddaughter, Victoria Pryor, outside her Cley delicatessen, Picnic Fayre

Norfolk Magazine

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Juliet Sears royal traybake with union jack design

Essex Life

Street party recipes for the Jubilee weekend - with an Essex twist!

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Yorkshire Life

Where to enjoy a Jubilee afternoon tea in Yorkshire

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Worktop resurface kitchen renovation by Granite & TREND Transformations in Eastbourne, Sussex

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Charly Peacock's Felixstowe home has charm and warmth.

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See inside this charming Victorian seaside home in Felixstowe

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The Homestead: a stunning Cheshire garden in High Legh

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Cheshire Life

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Alison Moore finds royal tributes and a riot of colour in the garden created by the county organiser of the Cheshire branch of the NGS

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Yorkshire Life

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Gardens at Goldsborough have opened to the public under the NGS for 90 years

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Tissington Hall

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Lifestyle

Is your royal memorabilia worth a mint?

This group of Edward VIII memorabilia, which was given by the King to his valet, sold for £1,600 at Keys last year

Norfolk Magazine

Dominic Castle

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As the nation celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, David Broom, of Keys Auctioneers & Valuers of Aylsham, explores the world of Royal Commemoratives

THE GEORGE AND DRAGON Mountnessing

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WIN an original watercolour painting of Mountnessing, Brentwood

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An aerial image of Castilly Henge with volunteers stood where the stones would have been

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Archaeologists reveal stunning find at ancient Cornish monument

Martha Griffiths

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People

The Norfolk man who trained horses for the Queen

Neil Graham used to train racehorses for the Queen and is now director of racing at Chelmsford

Norfolk Magazine

Rowan Mantell

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Neil Graham trained race horses for the Queen. Now he runs Chelmsford Racecourse

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are due to release their new album in time for Christmas

Hampshire Life

Ball and Boe announce a new album for 2022

Elizabeth Kirby

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Her Majesty The Queen signs the company visitor’s book

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Nathan Fearn

Elizabeth Windsor at Castle Howard

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Elizabeth Windsor

Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst

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Recipe: Make our Cherries Jubilee cake

Cherries Jubilee cake

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Charlotte Smith-Jarvis

Make our centrepiece dessert for your Jubilee celebrations this June

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Kent Life

Six ways to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Kent

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Ruth leads the way up the steps

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A three mile circular walk around Grimsargh

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Stunning Hardwick Hall

Derbyshire Life

A 6.5-mile walk through the Hardwick Hall Estate

Helen Moat

Reeth and Fremington Edge seen from above

Yorkshire Life

Yorkshire walk - Fremington Edge, Swaledale

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To mark 70 years of service, the nation is set to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a bank holiday packed full of events - and Somerset has some great ones to pick from.

Children playing on a lawn in front of a stately home.

Devon Life

22 fab half term and Jubilee activities in Devon

Andy Cooper

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Hertfordshire County Show 25th May 2019

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RHS Letters and dahlia planting at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2019.

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Men dressed on jesters riding fake camels at a music festival.

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