Denmark

A Cinderella moment for Crown Princess Mary as she almost loses a shoe while curtseying

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21st June 2022
The Crown Princess of Denmark almost found herself barefoot on the red carpet as she performed a dramatic curtsey during her official visit to the Netherlands. As she greeted King Willem-Alexander in The Hague, Crown Princess Mary curtseyed and photographers caught one of her designer shoes leaving her foot. Mary recovered herself and within moments was curtseying deeply to Queen Maxima. Mary…
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Ingeborg, the princess who just provided a future queen with her first tiara

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20th June 2022
The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth birthday celebrations. The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. Born Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise in 1878, she was the daughter of King Frederick VII and Louise of Denmark. She was a first cousin…
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Sweden

The love tokens that told two famous royal romances

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19th June 2022
June is royal wedding month in Sweden and one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose the same date for her marriage to…
Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra's 18th birthday gifts

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19th June 2022
The Norwegian Royal House has shared the special gifts Princess Ingrid Alexandra received for her 18th birthday, and they range from jewellery to a new bunad and her first foreign order. King Harald and Queen Sonja added to their granddaughter’s jewel vault, gifting her…
Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra is every inch the doting granddaughter at birthday gala dinner

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19th June 2022
What I love most about the Norwegian Royal Family is that their love for each other, their sense of family and closeness, is always on display, whether they’re sharing photos of their summer vacations on their Instagram account or attending a formal gala event. As the star of last week’s festivities, Princess Ingrid Alexandra was centre stage alongside her father, Crown Prince Haakon, and…
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Laughs, tears and tiaras in Oslo as Princess Ingrid Alexandra officially celebrates her 18th birthday

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18th June 2022
Friday night was the pinnacle of the royal year. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted a gala dinner in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday. From about 7:30 pm, the halls of the Royal Palace started filling with people – ordinary Norwegians that have in some way contributed to the lives of their community or country. But also friends of the young…
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