International royals

King Mohammed of Morocco declares all spas free for four days

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7th November 2017
Fancy a trip to the spa? If you were in Morocco over the weekend, you could have courtesy of the King. During a recent visit to Fez, a city within the northern regions of the Kingdom and formerly its capital, His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco undertook a tour of the spas in the neighbouring town of Moulay Yaacoub. The visit itself was largely for business, as the King was personally…
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A Life of Scandal: Ernest, Duke of Cumberland

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30th October 2017
Queen Victoria and those closest to her viewed her Uncle Cumberland with deep suspicion. Not just because he openly coveted the British throne, but because the Duke’s reputation was very black; his adult life was marked by a series of scandals and misdemeanours. Born in…
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Inside the Order of the Companions of Honour

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3rd October 2017
One of the lesser known orders awarded by Her Majesty The Queen to deserving subjects and foreign nationals is the Order of the Companions of Honour. The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order, awarded by The Queen as Sovereign of the Order. It is given to deserving individuals, who become Companions of Honour (who can then use the post-nominal letters CH) who have made significant…
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Letter from the Queen to her midwife found

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9th September 2017
The affectionate thoughts of the Queen as a mother have been revealed in a rare letter she wrote to her midwife Helen Rowe. The letter, handwritten in Eastbourne, Sussex and dated 5 August 1964, provides a late update on the well-being of the Queen’s fourth and youngest child, Edward Antony Richard Louis, later to be known as Prince Edward. Sent five months after Her Majesty had given birth, the…
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King of Tonga Calls for Snap Election

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1st September 2017
In a royal decree yesterday, King Tupou IV of Tonga has dissolved the national parliament and called for a new snap election to be held a year early on 16 November. The sudden decision will be one of the first major tests of the island nation’s young democratic…
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Victory as the battle to keep Victoria's coronet in the UK is won

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27th August 2017
A long battle to keep one of Queen Victoria’s most magnificent jewels in the UK seems to have been won. The Queen’s sapphire and diamond coronet is now heading to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London after it was bought and donated by an Irish-American hedge fund owner, identified by the Sunday Times as William Bollinger. The iconic jewel, designed by the Queen’s dear husband Prince…
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