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H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth has graciously accepted the invitation of the Royal Society of Arts to become its president. The Royal Family has been closely connected with the Royal Society of Arts for more than a hundred years. Prince Albert became the Society's president in 1843, and in that capacity initiated the Great International Exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851. Other Royal presidents have been Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and the Duke of Connaught.
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The Royal Society of Arts. Nature 160, 252 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160252a0
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