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Scandinavian Spotlight: State visits, birthday celebrations and more!

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17th February 2024
Let’s a take a look at the royal week in Scandinavia! DENMARK Queen Margrethe was back in the spotlight this week as King Frederik, Queen Mary and their children were out of the country on a winter vacation—their first since the change of throne last month. Queen Margrethe stepped in as regent for her son for the first time, a duty the Royal Court had stressed that she will still…
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Spain

Queen Sofia celebrated with important prize

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16th February 2024
Queen Sofia of Spain has been awarded a special honour. The queen, who remains one of the most popular members of her royal family, will be given the Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands, the highest award that autonomous community can present. It is a recognition of the…
Sweden

The jewels of a queen in waiting transformed by an historic consort

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16th February 2024
It’s one of the best known tiaras of a royal family but this regal sparkler only became a crowning glory almost two centuries after it was created. Queen Silvia of Sweden is often seen in a regal purple tiara made of huge amethysts surrounded by diamonds but until she became consort, in 1976, these gems were a necklace and had a far from starring role in the royal jewellery…
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European Royals

The next queen called Elisabeth: how is a princess preparing for her future role?

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7th February 2024
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has paved the way for a new generation of heirs in Europe to embrace their roles in a continuously changing landscape. Elisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène was born at 9:58 pm on 25 October 2001, the first of four children born to the then-Duke and Duchess of Brabant. As it happens for many firstborns, she shaped the education path for the rest of her…
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European Royals

The queen who fought an assassin with flowers

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5th February 2024
She was the queen who tried to save her dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She had done all she could to save the…
Denmark

Queen Mary of Denmark chooses very special photo to mark an important birthday

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5th February 2024
The new Queen of Denmark has chosen a very special image to mark her first birthday since becoming consort. Queen Mary shared a photo from her private album showing her with her beloved father, John Donaldson. The image was taken by her younger son, Prince Vincent, as the family enjoyed time in Australia at the end of 2023, just before Mary found out she was about to become queen. The…
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