Denmark

Denmark's Princess Elisabeth: "It's not easy to grow old"

Princess Elisabeth of Demark, first cousin of Queen Margrethe, recently gave an interview to Billed Bladet about her life. “It’s not easy to grow old,” said Princess Elisabeth. “For me, the worse is not that the health fails. The worst thing is missed by my dear and the many friends who are not here anymore.” Princess Elisabeth never married, but she lived with filmmaker Claus Hermansen…
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InsightThe Kents

Who is Princess Michael of Kent?

Today we’ll explore the life of Princess Michael of Kent. She is the wife of Prince Michael and was born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz in Sudetenland (now in the Czech Republic) on 15 January 1945. Baroness Marie Christine’s parents were Baron Günther…
British RoyalsThe Yorks

Sarah Ferguson's jewellery collection comes in at £660,000 mostly thanks to The Queen

The former Duchess of York has a jewellery collection worth over £660 thousand, according to a gemologist and diamantaire Grant Mobley, who broke down the value of Sarah, Duchess of York’s collection to Express.co.uk. Mobley is the Director at Pluczenik, a diamond company in Belgium. Some of the pieces Mobley valued were jewels given to Sarah, Duchess of York during her time as a member of the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

New photos of Princess Charlotte released to mark first day at nursery school

Princess Charlotte started her first day of nursery school this morning at Willcocks Nursery School near Kensington Palace, and to mark the occasion, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released two photos of the young princess. On Twitter, Kensington Palace said, “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two photographs of Princess Charlotte at Kensington Palace this…
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FeaturesInsight

Fact v. Fiction in The Crown's second season

The Crown returned for a second season on Netflix earlier last month, and dramatised The Queen’s reign from 1955 to roughly 1964, shortly after the birth of Prince Edward. Today we’re going to separate the fact from fiction in The Crown’s second season. Please do not…
FeaturesHistoryInsightOpinion

Top 5 outgoing State Visits from Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth has undertaken 94 official State Visits during her reign, plus two State Visits in her capacity as Queen of Canada (she visited the United States twice in the ‘50s). A State Visit is when a foreign head of state is invited to visit a country by that country’s head of state. State Visits differ from Official Visits, as an Official Visit is when high-ranking government officials…
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