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I OR BLENHEIM .MANSION CEREMONY AT WINDSOR CASTLE On August 1 l the 228 1 a ajmiversury of t> 10 -buUlo of Blenheim, the Duke ol’ Marlborough carried out TUe .ancient custom of prevcmt i rp- to tiie King’s representative at Windsor •Castle a small ..silk flag. which it placed over the bust of the fust Duke ol' Marlborougj 1 in the guardroom, of the castle. Trie Hag represents quit root for tile mansion and estate of Bicm'beini in Oxfordshire, which was (Helen Led by Parliament to file first Duke of Marlborough In recognition of the deiiijvo victory lie gained, in command of the British troops iconjunction with the Austrians against t ie Flench rind Bavarians at Blenheim on August 13, 1704. Every year since the Duke and lii.s .siice ix-nrs 'have presented a. flag to the King or Ins rcpre-He-ntative at Windsor Castle, London.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3848, 3 October 1932, Page 7
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147QUIT RENT Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3848, 3 October 1932, Page 7
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