The Netherlands

Queen Máxima marks special anniversary in project close to her heart

After 15 years spent working with the United Nations as its Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Queen Máxima is stepping into a new role to advocate and manage financial health worldwide.Queen Máxima has been appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health during a week of engagements in New York to coincide with the UN General…
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Royal News

The Princess of Wales raves for "wonderfully powerful, moving and inspiring" ballet after private visit

The Princess of Wales took in a matinee performance of the English National Ballet’s newest production of ‘Giselle’ and took to social media to rave about the show.In a personal tweet, Catherine wrote: “Congratulations and thank you to @ENBallet and @Sadlers_Wells for the wonderfully powerful, moving and inspiring performance of Akram Khan’s Giselle. Creativity at its best!
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Denmark

Queen Mary's weekend plans revealed

Queen Mary’s weekend plans have been revealed: she’s currently serving as regent of Denmark.The Danish Royal Court announced that Queen Mary will serve as regent for the period of 20-22 September, over the weekend, while King Frederik is out of the country.This is the first time that Queen Mary will exercise this duty while serving as queen consort.She had previously been appointed…
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Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra extends military service

Princess Ingrid Alexandra, a soldier in training and a future queen, has decided to extend her military service into next year.Private Alexandra, as she is known in the military, announced her decision to extend her professional training with the Ingeniørbataljonen…
Features

The very '90s wedding dress of a could-be queen

In another time, she would have been the Queen of the Hellenes, and her wedding dress was befitting of a woman who should have held the title… but it was also firmly and beautifully designed to be the ‘90s royal wedding dress.Marie-Chantal Miller married Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece at St. Sophia’s Cathedral in London on 1 July 1995. Their marriage merged dynasties: Pavlos, the son of…
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