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Daily Mirror
Nia Dalton & Jennifer Newton

How 2022 changed Royal Family forever - Queen's death, King Charles and Kate's new title

The year of 2022 will go down in history for many reasons, and it's certainly marked the biggest change for the Royal Family in over 70 years. During the summer, the nation celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee with lemon trifle and laughter over Prince Louis' iconic expressions.

As the Queen became frail, changes were made to the State Opening of Parliament and in September, Her Majesty was laid to rest after passing away at the age of 96. The late monarch's funeral was watched by 28 million people and emotional moments touched the hearts of Britain as a new King was crowned.

Now we head into 2023 having watched Harry & Meghan's bombshell Netflix documentary and King Charles III's first speech on Christmas Day. It will be a monumental start to the year with a new Queen Consort, changes to British coins and Prince Harry's memoir 'Spare'.

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