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Runnymede Surrey Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Garden takes Bronze at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Tuesday 19th May. A garden at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show commemorating Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary has been awarded Bronze. The small artisan garden, was sponsored by Surrey County Council and Runnymede Hotel. The layout of the garden evokes and is representative of both the medieval period, and the legacy of the Rule […]

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Surrey County Council withdraws Runnymede Interpretation Centre funding.

Interpretation Centre at Runnymede now looks, once again, unlikely. For decades it has been the aspiration of the Magna Carta Trust to see an Interpretation Centre at Runnymede as a fitting tribute to what Lord Denning once described as “the greatest constitutional document of all time”, which would provide for Britain and the World an […]

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Sir Robert interviewed by BBC Surrey

Chairman of the 800th Commemoration Committee, Sir Robert Worcester, was today interviewed by BBC Surrey about the plans to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. To listen to the interview – click here (1hour 54 mins into the programme).

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Magna Carta Trust’s 800th Commemoration Committee welcomes Surrey Council £5 million investment in new “Magna Carta Interpretation Centre” at Runnymede:

The Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee welcomed today’s announcement by David Hodge, Leader of Surrey County Council, that it has agreed to fund a new “Magna Carta Interpretation Centre” at Runnymede. Surrey’s contribution will be £5 million pounds towards the required £8 million cost of the fully fitted Centre. The remaining funding will come […]

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Runnymede Magna Carta Legacy

Runnymede Magna Carta Legacy (the Charity established to provide a lasting Legacy in Runnymede for the 800th Commemoration of Magna Carta), is pleased to announce that following the successful completion and installation of the statue of HM Queen Elizabeth II (pictured, below) now situated by the riverside within the Runnymede Pleasure Grounds at Egham, the […]

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Events – May 2015

May 1st – The American Bar Association to host a Law Day – with Magna Carta as its theme. 2nd – The Battlefields Trust Annual General Meeting, where Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Chairman Sir Robert Worcester will be speaking. 2nd – Magna Carta and its Gifts to Canada, Richard Mille Replica launched at the University […]

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Magna Carta changed the world, David Cameron tells anniversary event

BBC News, Monday 15th June, 2015 Click here to read the original article. Magna Carta went on to change the world, Prime Minister David Cameron has said, at an ceremony in Surrey marking the 800th anniversary of the document that heralded modern democracy. The event at Runnymede, where King John sealed the original accord in […]

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Magna Carta scribes identified ahead of 800th anniversary

BBC News, Sunday 14th June Click here to read the original article. Scientists have identified the scribes who wrote two of the four original 1215 copies of the Magna Carta. They found the copies held in Lincoln and Salisbury were written by scribes based at those cathedrals, rather than by someone working for King John. […]

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Magna Carta celebrations begin on River Thames

BBC News, 13th June Click here to read the original article. A replica of Magna Carta is being carried down the Thames as part of events to mark its 800th anniversary. The Royal Barge Gloriana is leading 200 boats from Hurley in Berkshire to Runnymede in Surrey over two days. Magna Carta was granted by […]

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Stoke-on-Trent breaks chains of slavery

Stoke-on-Trent children and citizens from across the city will join together to celebrate the Magna Carta and its democratic legacy at a special service on Monday 15 June, at 12:30 at Stoke Minster. Everyone is welcome. They will be joined by special guests including the Lord Mayor and historian Fred Hughes, who will talk about […]

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