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    Royal Maundy (/ˈmɔːndi/) is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. At the service, the British...
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    Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names, is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of...
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  • royal household to the poor. Today, the Almonry is responsible for the arrangements for the Royal Maundy service, which is held annually every Maundy...
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    the Royal Maundy service was held inside Sheffield Cathedral. As is tradition, The Queen (aged 89 at the time) distributed specially-minted Maundy money...
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    Maundy (from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum meaning "command"), or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium...
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    This is a list of present and past royal warrant of appointment holders of the British Royal Family. British royal warrants are currently granted by King...
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    circulation, and that was principally struck to be used for Maundy money or other royal charity. Beginning in 1787, the chronic shortage of good money...
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    Duke of Edinburgh accompanied Queen Elizabeth II to the traditional Royal Maundy services on 5 April 2012 in York. There, Beatrice interacted with parishioners...
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  • formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, and informally as the Royal Christmas message) is a broadcast made by the sovereign of the United Kingdom...
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    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip hold nosegays by Rosemary Hughes as they leave Wakefield Cathedral after the 2005 Royal Maundy...
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    International. In April 2019, Eugenie accompanied her grandmother to the Royal Maundy service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. In May 2020, it was revealed...
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    Queen Camilla (category Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order)
    absence at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey and at the Royal Maundy at Worcester Cathedral, making her the first consort to hand out the...
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    Whitehall and combines with the choir of the host abbey or cathedral at the Royal Maundy service. The choir was among those selected to sing at the coronation...
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    Westminster Abbey (category Royal Peculiars)
    Commonwealth Day. The monarch participates in the Office of the Royal Maundy on Maundy Thursday each year, during which selected elderly people (as many...
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    Swan Upping at Cookham, by Stanley Spencer, oil on canvas, 1915–19 Royal fish Royal Swans The Case of Swans (1592) 7 Co. Rep. 15b "'Swan Upping' tradition...
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    1821. Another dish still in regular use is the Maundy Dish – one of six used by the King at Royal Maundy for handing out alms to elderly people in recognition...
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  • II, MS 1079b (p. 7)" (PDF). Bibliotheca Lambethana. "Office for the Royal Maundy" (PDF). Westminster Abbey. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original...
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    absence at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey and at the Royal Maundy at Worcester Cathedral. He made his first major public appearance since...
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    given as ceremonial alms at the Royal Maundy service. It was resurrected as a circulating coin in 1836, as the Royal Mint sought to fill the gap between...
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    the royal Maundy". Historical Research. 80 (210): 567–576. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2006.00403.x. ISSN 0950-3471.; "Henry IV (r.1399–1413)". royal.gov...
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    tersirat". SosCili (in Malay). Retrieved 20 November 2021. "Office for the Royal Maundy" (PDF). Westminster Abbey. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2022....
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    Review. 100. Mortimer, I. (2006). "Henry IV's date of birth and the royal Maundy" (PDF). Historical Research. 80 (210): 567–576. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281...
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    by the British Constitution. The term may also refer to the role of the royal family within the UK's broader political structure. The monarch since 8...
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  • Barrow Hepburn & Gale (category British royal warrant holders)
    1760 as Hepburn and Sons. The company also makes Royal Maundy purses, for which it was granted a royal warrant in 1968. Barrow Hepburn & Gale despatch...
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  • Got It Wrong: No Hands Are Kissed, The New York Times, 27 June 2007; the royal web page mentioned in the article (part of the official website of the British...
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  • The Vigil of the Princes refers to occasions when members of the British royal family have "stood guard" during the lying in state of one of their relatives...
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    flanked by an entourage of Great Officers of State and members of the Royal Household. The Lords are seated on "the floor of the House" (i.e. in the...
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    Keeper of the Privy Purse (category Positions within the British Royal Household)
    stables, the Royal Philatelic Collection, Royal Ascot, the Chapel Royal, the Page of Honour, Military Knights of Windsor, Royal Maundy, the Royal Victorian...
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    as part of the carriage parade with her children, and as a member of the royal family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. This was her first...
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    statutes. Gradually, Parliament's authority expanded at the expense of royal power. The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 granted English monarchs the title...
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