CoronavirusEuropean RoyalsSpain

Spanish frontline healthcare workers to receive Princess of Asturias Award this fall

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4th June 2020
Spanish frontline healthcare workers will receive the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord this year, Casa Real announced on Wednesday. In a statement posted to Twitter, King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor wrote, “All of you, who throughout these difficult and very hard months have faced the pandemic on the front line, symbolise the spirit of struggle,” in announcing the…
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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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