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Going Dutch: how King Willem-Alexander won the heart of his Argentinean bride

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10th February 2025
Theirs may be the only royal proposal that happened on ice—but we’ll get to that. Máxima Zorreguieta was a hotshot banker living and working in New York City when she travelled to Seville, Spain, for a party in April 1999. How could she know that her future husband, a prince in hiding, would be there? “Spain has a special place in our hearts,” King Willem-Alexander said at a 2024…
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"Our hearts are overflowing" — Princess Beatrice's family reacts to Athena's arrival

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30th January 2025
Baby Athena is already inspiring outpourings of love on social media, from her proud father, grandmother and aunt! The Royal Family shared the news that Princess Beatrice had given birth to her second child, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, on 22 January. She joins older sister Sienna and older half-brother Wolfie. On Instagram, Athena’s father, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, wrote: “We…
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David Beckham on his special friendship with the royals

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22nd January 2025
David Beckham opened the curtain on his friendship with Prince William and the royal family in a new interview at the World Economic Forum, telling those in attendance that whenever William sends him a message asking for help, “it’s always a yes.” The former football star and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador is in Davos, Switzerland on behalf of UNICEF and talk turned to the Royal Family.
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Sophie serves at UK's first social supermarket

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17th January 2025
The Duchess of Edinburgh has been shopping, popping into the United Kingdom’s first social supermarket to learn more about food insecurity and the community initiative to help curb it. At Community Shop’s Lambeth location, Sophie saw firsthand how the social supermarket works to support its customers through the sale of surplus products—which have been donated at a deep discount by food…
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