Japan

Emperor Akihito’s April 2019 abdication ceremony to be state occasion

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22nd February 2018
The abdication ceremony of Emperor Akihito in April 2019 will be a state occasion. The Japanese government made the announcement on Tuesday, 20 February. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga headed the panel which decided to also have a ceremony at the National Theater in Tokyo that celebrates 30 years of His Imperial Majesty’s reign on 24 February 2019, reported the Japan Times. This will…
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Sweden

New pictures for Princess Leonore's fourth birthday

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20th February 2018
Princess Leonore of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland, is celebrating her fourth birthday today with her family in Stockholm. She is the older child and only daughter of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband, Christopher O’Neill. As is a tradition in the Swedish Royal Family, new photos of the Princess, wearing a Marie-Chantal silk dress (the clothing brand by Crown Princess Marie-Chantal…
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The Yorks

A look back at the life of the Duke of York

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19th February 2018
Birth and ChildhoodPrince Andrew Albert Christian Edward was born on 19 February 1960, the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the first child born to a reigning monarch since Princess Beatrice, the youngest child…
British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

Controversy surrounds the Duchess of Cambridge's BAFTA dress colour choice

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19th February 2018
Controversy has erupted over the Duchess of Cambridge’s dress choice for last evening’s BAFTAs. As there was an “all-black” dress code for women in honour of the recent #TimesUp and #MeToo movements, many assumed Her Royal Highness would show solidarity with the movement by wearing black. However, when she and the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Royal Albert Hall last…
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Denmark

Margrethe and Henrik - a timeline of their love

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16th February 2018
Following the news that Prince Henrik of Denmark has died peacefully in his sleep, we want to take a look back at the timeline of his love with Queen Margrethe. This was a love that survived difficult times, but the strength of their relationship and love for one another was…
Denmark

Princes Nikolai and Felix are "thankful to have been able to say goodbye" to Prince Henrik

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16th February 2018
Their Highnesses Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix, the eldest grandchildren of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik, were “thankful to have been able to say goodbye” to their beloved grandfather, according to their mother, Countess Alexandra. Through her private secretary, she said to Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet, “We are all three in deep, deep sorrow about the death of the…
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