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Women's Institute

noun

  1. (in Britain and Commonwealth countries) a society for women interested in the problems of the home and in engaging in social activities

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Less than 10 miles away, Prince William and Catherine had attended a Women's Institute meeting honouring the memory of the late Queen.

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On Monday, Prince Harry had attended the WellChild awards in London, while his brother Prince William was at a Women's Institute meeting in Berkshire, with guests remembering the legacy of the late Queen Elizabeth.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales visited a Women's Institute event in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to meet members of an organisation with a long association with the late Queen.

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Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest reigning monarch, who died at the age of 96, had been president of the Women's Institute branch in Sunningdale.

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She was very active within her church and the Women's Institute, and took a job with a neighbouring family so she could be at home for the children returning from school every day.

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