British RoyalsPrince Philip

Happy Birthday Prince Philip! Here are 99 facts about the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh

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28th May 2020
1. The Duke of Edinburgh was born as Prince Philip of Greece at his parents’ house ‘Mon Repos’ on the island of Corfu, on 10 June 1921. The house had been the country residence of the British High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands. The family was forced to leave Corfu when the Greek Royal Family was exiled on 3 December 1922, when he was just 18 months old. 2. The Duke is the youngest…
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Denmark's royals provide glimpse of Queen Ingrid's wedding heirloom

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27th May 2020
To mark what would have been the 85th wedding anniversary of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, the Danish Royal House shared details about her family heirloom wedding crown on their social media channels. Queen Ingrid wore a myrtle wedding crown as part of her bridal look on her wedding day, 24 May 1935. The myrtle came from a bush in Great Britain that her mother, Crown Princess Margareta…
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The Prince of Wales reveals role as royal wedding planner

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27th May 2020
The Prince of Wales has opened up about his love of classical music and how he has lent out his skills in choosing musical pieces for royal weddings in a special radio programme. On Monday evening, the first night of a two-part radio programme on Classic FM, Prince Charles revealed that he’d helped choose the music for the wedding ceremony of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011. “I…
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Belgium

Duchess of Brabant brings the "Kate Effect" to Belgium

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27th May 2020
Call it the Elisabeth Effect! When the Belgian Royal House announced that 18-year-old Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, would be attending the Royal Military Academy starting this fall, the photo to accompany the press release on the royal website featured Princess…
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Princess Beatrice on dyslexia: ''There is nothing wrong, there is just everything that is so right.”

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26th May 2020
Princess Beatrice has conducted a rare interview in support of dyslexia charity Made By Dyslexia, saying that she feels “we have a responsibility to change the narrative” for young people in the classrooms. In the interview, posted on the Made By Dyslexia YouTube page over the weekend, Beatrice says that her passion for dyslexia awareness is because she is dyslexic herself. In the…
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