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Our media centre provides the latest National Trust news, statements and supporting content for journalists.

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His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 

The National Trust is deeply saddened by the news of the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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National Trust launches ‘grow-along’ to help home gardeners grow their own plastic-free kitchen sponges 

The National Trust is launching a new ‘grow-along’ to help people grow their own loofahs, which can be used as a sustainable alternative to plastic washing up sponges.

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National Trust sheepdog finds his sea legs for commute to nature reserve 

A sea-faring sheepdog has been recruited by the National Trust to help look after flocks of rare breed sheep on a remote spit of land off the Suffolk coast. 

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121-year-old chocolate commissioned by Queen Victoria discovered in Boer War helmet case 

Chocolate commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1900, still within its original wrapper and tin, has been discovered in a Boer War helmet case in the attic of the National Trust’s Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk.

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For general media information, please contact our national press office at press.office@nationaltrust.org.uk. For any urgent media calls out of hours please call 07483 178 056.

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