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What is so magical about royal weddings?

They are filled with tradition and part of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time and society change around it. In the first of a special summer series, Lydia Starbuck, Brittani Barger and Moniek Bloks discuss what makes a royal wedding so…
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Book Review: The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

As the last Emperor of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II’s twenty-three-year reign came to an abrupt end when he abdicated on 15 March 1917. Those tumultuous years of his reign were defined by the Russo-Japanese War that saw the annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Bloody Sunday and an estimated 3.3 million Russians die during World War I. The relatives of Nicholas’s extended family tree insisted…
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The special links between Beatrice's wedding and Queen Victoria

As a princess prepares to say ‘I do’, the latest Royal Central podcast looks at the sweet and symbolic connections between Beatrice and the church where she will say ‘I do’. There’s an anniversary, a queen and a christening involved as well as special memories. Moniek Bloks, Brittani Barger and Lydia Starbuck also discuss the ongoing fallout in Luxembourg after a…
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If the Enthronement Ceremony made anything clear, it's time for Japan to get with the times and allow female ascension

Now that the dust has settled on the Enthronement Ceremony and other events surrounding Emperor Naruhito of Japan’s enthronement, we can discuss the elephant in the room – Japan not allowing female ascension. Japan is a first-world country, advanced in technology and a highly developed free-market economy similar to its European counterparts with monarchies like the United Kingdom…
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