DenmarkInsight

Crown Princess Mary opens Copenhagen Cultural Children's Summit

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5th October 2016
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is back from the USA and she has resumed her national agenda. Crown Prince Frederik’s wife was in charge of opening the conference in connection with the “Copenhagen Cultural Children’s Summit” in Copenhagen. This summit concerning children and the arts was held in Denmark for the first time on the 3rd and 4th of October. According to…
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Sweden

Autumn greetings from Swedish Royal Kids

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3rd October 2016
For a long time now, the Swedish Royal Family has accustomed us to sweet moments shared on social media. Often we are presented with new official photos, but also very spontaneous and unexpected pictures of the newest members of the family. Recently with the arrival of the…
British RoyalsInsightQueen Elizabeth II

Everything you need to know about Queen Elizabeth's Yacht Britannia

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29th August 2016
HMY Britannia by Tower Bridge. Credit: Lynda Poulter via Wikimedia Commons. In service from 1954 until 1997, HMY Britannia is the former royal yacht of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the British throne in 1660 and had HMY Mary built for him by the Dutch East India Company, and the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being a…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

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21st August 2016
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very much looking forward to visiting Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on 1 and 2 September, Kensington Palace have announced. The trip to South West England will be marked by the Cambridges’ first visit to projects in the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate which funds a range of charitable and private activities of the Prince of Wales, who became…
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History

#OnThisDay in 1844 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born

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6th August 2016
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, the fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was born on this day in 1844 at Windsor Castle. At birth, he was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother the Prince of Wales. Known affectionately as ‘Affie’ in the family, after a childhood mispronunciation of the name Alfred, he studied violin at Holyrood, Edinburgh. In 1856 it…
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