Denmark

Prince Henrik to have private funeral and will be cremated

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15th February 2018
The Royal Danish House has announced the funeral plans for His Royal Highness Prince Henrik who died peacefully in his sleep at 11:18 pm on 13 February. He was at home at Fredensborg Palace and surrounded by his wife of 50 years, Queen Margrethe and their two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. The Prince has been in ill health for some time with several hospitalisations in recent…
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Denmark

Prince Henrik of Denmark dies at the age of 83

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14th February 2018
It was announced by the Royal Danish House on Wednesday that His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark has died at the age of 83. He was the husband of Queen Margrethe and father to Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. The Royal Danish House said in a statement…
Denmark

Prince Henrik - a look back at his life

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14th February 2018
Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat was born on 11 June 1934 in Talence, Gironde, France, to Count André de Laborde de Monpezat and Countess Renée de Monpezat, née Doursennot. Henri, as he was then known, spent his first five years in Vietnam while his…
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Royal condolences for Prince Henrik

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14th February 2018
Early this morning, the Royal Danish House announced that His Royal Highness Prince Henrik had died at the age of 83 at home at Fredensborg Palace. He passed away peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his wife, Queen Margrethe and their two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim at 11:18 pm on 13 February. The Royal Danish House has announced that the Royal Court will have a month of…
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Belgium

Belgian Royal Family releases images from holiday

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12th February 2018
Several images of the Belgian Royal Family have been released this evening from their recent private holiday. The images were taken with the permission of the King and Queen by press photographer Yves Herman on behalf of Belgian photo agencies.  Their Majesties King…
Denmark

Prince Henrik's siblings travel to Denmark to visit seriously ill brother

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12th February 2018
The siblings of Prince Henrik have announced they are travelling from their homes in France to be by their brother’s bedside in Denmark in another troubling sign of His Royal Highness’s health. Yesterday, Henrik’s younger sister Catherine de Monpezat arrived in Denmark and visited her brother in hospital. Catherine is 12 years his junior and is a nun in the Catholic Order of the…
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International royals

Royal Baby Alert! Moroccan Royal Family has a new member

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7th February 2018
While the world waits for both Princess Madeleine of Sweden and the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth in a couple of months, a new royal baby has just been born in the Moroccan Royal Family. His Highness Prince Moulay Ismail of Morocco and his wife Lalla Anissa Lehmkuhl welcomed a baby girl, their fourth child, on Saturday, 3 February in Paris, France. Both the mother and child are said to be…
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