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European Royals

European royals’ year in review: July through September

Continuing our series looking back at 2019 for the European royals, we take a look at the stories we covered from July through September, beginning with our Deputy Editor travelling with Princess Tessy of Luxembourg to Thailand with Professors Without Borders in July.

July:

At the beginning of July, our Deputy Editor was in Thailand with Princess Tessy and Professors Without Borders. You can read part one of her exclusive report here.

Tessy
Brittani Barger/Royal Central

Read part two of our exclusive with Princess Tessy in Thailand here

See all the sites and sounds from Thailand with Princess Tessy and Professors Without Borders here

Danish Court releases new official photos of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie

Steen Brogaard, Kongehuset

King Willem-Alexander and daughters take in World Cup final dominated by USA

Crown Princess Victoria celebrates birthday in Öland

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Dutch royals pose for summer photos

© RVD Wesley de Wit

King Philippe addresses the nation for Belgium’s National Day

Princess Stéphanie’s son, Louis Ducruet marries Marie Chevallier in Monaco

August:

Princess Ilona of Liechtenstein has died at the age of 98

Serbia’s Crown Prince Couple donates medical supplies to more hospitals

Royal Palace Belgrade

Princess Märtha Louise to cease using title in business

Spain’s royals host reception in the Balearic Islands

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Princess Benedikte watches opening match at the European Championships in wheelchair rugby

Grand Duke Henri visits victims of rare Luxembourg tornado

Princess Christina of the Netherlands has died at the age of 72

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© RVD – Jeroen van der Meyde

Princess Christina to become the first Dutch royal to be cremated

Princess Ingrid Alexandra enjoys the first day at her new school in Oslo

Donald Trump extraordinarily cancels state visit to Denmark after their refusal to sell him Greenland

King Juan Carlos of Spain undergoes triple heart bypass

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Prince Gabriël of Belgium to attend exclusive international school

Princess Ingrid Alexandra confirmed in grand ceremony with royals from across Europe in attendance

Oskar Aanmoen / Royal Central

September:

Dutch and Belgian royals mark start of ’75 Years of Freedom’

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See the official images released for Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s confirmation

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Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia release new image to celebrate Prince Gabriel’s second birthday

HRH Princess Sofia, Royal Court, Sweden

King Juan Carlos of Spain discharged from hospital

Infanta Pilar, sister of King Juan Carlos, hospitalised

Photo by Oscar Gonzalez / i-Images

Crown Princess Mette-Marit talks about her difficult childhood in new book

Prince Amedeo of Belgium and wife, Princess Elisabetta welcome second child, a son

Photo: Laura Dekkers

Princess Madeleine reveals she was having contractions during brother’s wedding

Crown Princess Couple of Sweden conclude trip to Denmark

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Princess Margriet attends the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem

Margriet
Photo by Moniek Bloks

Tessy Antony de Nassau receives knighthood from Ordre Lafayette

Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg in Morocco for economic mission

Photo: MAP

Queen Máxima celebrates 10 years as UNSGSA at General Assembly in New York

UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist
About author

Brittani is from Tennessee, USA. She is a political scientist and historian after graduating with a degree in the topics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in December 2014. She also holds a master's degree from Northeastern University. She enjoys reading and researching all things regarding the royals of the world. She's been researching, reading, and writing on royalty for over a decade. She became Europe Editor in October 2016, and then Deputy Editor in January 2019, and has been featured on several podcasts, radio shows, news broadcasts and websites including Global News Canada, ABC News Australia, WION India and BBC World News.