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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Laura Elston

Forgotten items found at Buckingham Palace reveal hidden history of royal staff

A ticket to a card game night organised by the Royal Household’s social club nearly eight decades ago is among a collection of forgotten objects uncovered during ongoing restoration work at Buckingham Palace.

Blank Littlewoods Football Pool betting coupons from 1957, a pair of worn black hobnail boots, and an empty Silk Cut cigarette packet were among the everyday items discovered beneath the structure, alongside an almost 140-year-old fragment of West End theatre listings from The Standard newspaper in 1889.

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