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Here's a selection of some of the articles you'll find in this very special 172-page issue.
THE COUNTRYSIDE CRUSADERS: The Princess Royal has picked out her list of rural champions who are making a real difference. Julie Harding went to talk to them.
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: The Princess Royal's leader article on how we can all help to work for a better future for the countryside.
LIFE AT GATCOMBE PARK: Country Life was granted an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look into Princess Anne's life at her Gloucestershire home.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S FAVOURITE PAINTING: Princess Anne chooses a stirring sea scape that sparks happy childhood memories.
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE: A trip to Islay's breathtaking Rubh'A'Mhall Lighthouse, with its remote and beautiful garden.
MY WEEK, BY VICE-ADMIRAL SIR TIM LAURENCE: Princess Anne's husband writes about tree planting, mowing paths and dry-stone walling.
SHEEPDOGS: The synergy between human, sheepdog and sheep.
THE MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Prof Julie Fitzpatrick on the pioneering work into curing livestock disease which is carried out at this fine institution.
PRINCESS ANNE'S FAVOURITE RECIPE: The Ritz's executive chef cooks devilled pheasant, while Tom Parker-Bowles looks on.
THE REAL STORY OF FARM TO FORK: The neglected story of how food actually reaches our tables is of great interest to Princess Anne, who holds an HGV licence herself and sympathises greatly with those who work in logistics.
INTERVIEW — JOHN JEFFREY: The ex-Scotland rugby international and farmer on the Calcutta Cup, Borders farm life and discussing rolling mauls with the Princess Royal.
THE SAVING OF RUINED COUNTRY HOUSES: Sir Tim Laurence, chairman of the English Heritage Trust, on the best ways to celebrate and save ruins.
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The fate of the last wolf in Britain? Country Life Quiz of the DayOur daily quiz tests your gut instinct, powers of deduction and downright luck. Unless you happen to know all the answers for sure.
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How to make an ethereal-sounding seafood, spinach and asparagus puff-pastry cloudOur Kitchen Garden Cook's recipe for a stuffed puff-pastry cloud is easier to make than it is to say.
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Queen Camilla says 'sad farewell' to her beloved Jack Russell, BethHer Majesty Queen Camilla's much-loved Jack Russell terrier Beth has died.
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Dawn Chorus: Watching telly with The Queen, the one-bedroom wreck that fetched £2 million and our Quiz of the DayPlus a Paddington Bear hamper, an ancient tree and a house with a terrifying price tag — it's Friday's Dawn Chorus.
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Fit for a (very small) queen — a dolls' house with running water, electricity and working liftsQueen Mary's Dolls' House celebrates its 100th anniversary with a brand new exhibition and a reimagined display at Windsor Castle.
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75 things you never knew about King Charles III as he celebrates his 75th birthdayOn The King’s big day, Amie Elizabeth White reveals 75 things you might not know about our monarch.
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Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, one year onA year on from the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we remember the late monarch.
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What it's like to have a prime seat at a Royal Coronation by John Betjeman, who reported for Country Life in 1953The late, great Poet Laureate John Betjeman was among the congregation when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953 — and he wrote about it for Country Life. We're very proud to reproduce that article now — The Queen's Coronation: In The Abbey by John Betjeman.
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The coronation of King Charles III: What you'll find inside Country Life's 350-page commemorative issueCountry Life 26 April 2023 commemorates the coronation of King Charles III with an extraordinary issue of over 350 pages paying tribute to the monarch.
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Country Life's forthcoming special issue on King Charles IIICountry Life's forthcoming issue on November 9th, 2022, will take an in-depth look at His Majesty The King.
