THE ROYAL FAMILY

1 When Lady Gabriella Windsor married Thomas Kingston (below) at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in May, the happy couple were assisted by six bridesmaids, three pageboys and three special attendants. What role was played by Benjamin Crow, Daniel Crow and Jamie Campbell?

(a) Little treasures

(b) Chamberlains of the bridal train

(c) Best men

2 In his journals, published this year, of whom did the late diarist and Sunday

Telegraph columnist Kenneth Rose observe: “one could not have wanted her ghastly existence to be prolonged”?

(a) Queen Elizabeth

(b) Princess Margaret

(c) Queen Mary

3 According to a recent biography, who had to be dissuaded by the Queen from staging a coup and making himself president of Britain?

(a) Lord Mountbatten

(b) Jeffrey Archer

(c) Winston Churchill

4 Who was described by W magazine as “a modern fashion icon hiding in plain sight”?

(a) Autumn Phillips

(b) The Princess Royal (c) Zara Tindall

5 What was Queen Victoria’s favourite pie? (a) Mutton pie à la Windsor

(b) Tarte aux pommes à la Reine

(c) Melton Mowbray pork pie

6 Which king visits

Downton Abbey in the film of the same name, released this year?

(a) George VI

(b) Edward VIII

(c) George V

7 As a child, Prince Philip was smuggled out of Greece in a cot made from what?

(a) An orange box (b) A punch bowl

(c) A washing basket

8 Gordonstoun, the Scottish boarding school where the Prince of Wales was educated, is to open a new branch where?

(a) Abu Dhabi

(b) Moscow

(c) China

9 Which broadcaster was dubbed the “Royal Whisperer” after obtaining sought-after interviews with members of the Royal family?

(a) Tom Bradby

(b) Emily Maitlis

(c) Sir Trevor McDonald

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What is the medical name for the inability to sweat normally? (a) Pseudologia phantastica (b) Anhidrosis

(c) Imbecility