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Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III. Anne was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 18th, and…

Now to the land of ‘what if’. The International Flag of Planet Earth. What if there was a symbol that could represent not only the planet where we live, but the residents on that planet, humanity, all life forms, oceans, land. To remind the people of Earth that we share this planet, no matter national boundaries;…

Hampshire, abbreviated to Hants,) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire’s recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester).  Winchester Cathedral, formally…

Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where it shares a border with Mozambique. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is one…

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to the north, the North Sea to the east, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshireand Rutland to the south,and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to the west. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 6,959 km2(2,687 sq mi) and a population of 1,095,010. The county is the second largest…

“Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals). The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands.…

“God comes to us disguised as life”. Richard Rohr

British Columbia, the western most Canadian province. Today, the first Monday in August is British Columbia Day. British Columbia is the 3rd most populous province in Canada. The capital is Victoria and the largest city is Vancouver. On August 2nd 1858, the Colony of British Columbia was created in London, England. One hundred and sixteen…

The Republic of Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia has been inhabited…

Wessex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset. At times its land extended north of the River Thames, and it eventually expanded westward to cover Devon and Cornwall. The…