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Sweden’s royal newlyweds expecting their first child

A royal playmate is on the way for Prince George… In the wake of the excitement over three royal weddings last weekend, royal admirers were treated to more good news, courtesy of the Swedish Royal Court… H.R.H. Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O’NeillPhoto: Brigitte Grenfeldt, copyright Royal Court, Sweden Official word came from the Palace on Tuesday that fairytale newlywed Princess…
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Three royal weddings and a birthday

Basking in the exhilaration of Prince George’s recent nativity, royal watchers everywhere were treated to more blissful news this weekend as three royal couples were given their fairytale “happily ever after”. Prince Rahim finds a princess Prince Rahim, the eldest son…
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Prince Charles's close friend Hugh van Cutsem dies

A close confidant of the Prince of Wales, Hugh van Cutsem died yesterday at the age of 72. The former officer in the Household Cavalry also happened to occupy the country residence, now tipped to be for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Anmer Hall – on The Queen’s Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. Van Cutsem was a good friend of Prince Charles when he was at Cambridge, becoming a ‘regular…
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Royal quotes from the Anglesey Ring O'Fire Ultra Coastal Marathon

A stunning Duchess of Cambridge made a triumphant appearance on Friday amidst cheers of jubilation as she came out of maternity leave to join her proud husband, Prince William in Holyhead, at the launch of Anglesey’s grueling Ring O’ Fire Coastal Ultra Marathon that circumnavigates the island over the course of three days. courtesy of Robert Parry Jones via Daily Post Wales On this breezy…
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'No flat for the Middletons' at Kensington Palace

A Palace source has confirmed that no suite of rooms is being reserved for the Middletons in four-storey Apartment 1A. photo credit: Mikepaws via photopin cc There had been speculation that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were having a “granny suite” built so as to…
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Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg

On a spring day, April 14th 1857 the last of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children was born.  The little princess’s baptism took place in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on the 16th June 1857, she wore the same baptism gown that was worn by her elder sister, the Princess Royal and would be worn by future generations of royal babies. Her Godparents were her Maternal Grandmother…
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