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"It's worth doing because if we didn't, the population of swans would just gradually disappear," Royal Swan Marker David Barber previously told PEOPLE Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE ...

1. Dating back to the 12 century, the Queen of England owns all mute swans. She generally just keeps tabs on the ones living on the River Thames and surrounding areas though. Mute swans have white ...

Did you know the Queen of England owns all the unclaimed mute swans in all of Britain? Well, she does, and she makes sure to count them every year in the third week of July. It’s called the Swan ...

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The annual census of swans dates back to the 12th century and was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic Queen Elizabeth enjoys all manner of historic perks thanks to her position as monarch, ...

The royal family's annual ceremony of "swan-upping" has kicked off along the River Thames in a pompous affair to span five days. It involves the crown and two trade associations journeying up the ...

The first Swan Upping of King Charles reign is underway on the River Thames as the royal family is following tradition dates back to 12th century. The palace tweeted, “This year’s Swan Upping is ...

This afternoon, Princess Anne and four red-shirted men rowed a skiff up the River Thames. They rowed for miles, counting all the cygnets (the term for a young swan) between Cookham and Marlow. For ...

The Queen, along with one other family and two liveries, owns the birds. GORING-ON-THAMES, England -- Among the most quirky of Britain’s historic traditions, the practice of counting swans, or ...