Royal News

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

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27th September 2024
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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The Netherlands

Princess Alexia waves goodbye to public life as new chapter begins in London

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23rd September 2024
Princess Alexia has taken London by storm—her first term as a university student at the University College London began this week. The Dutch Royal Court shared a video and photo of the young royal arriving at her campus over the weekend. Princess Alexia is shown waving to the camera as she walks towards a building with a ‘welcome’ banner hanging from its pillars. Princess Alexia will…
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Denmark

Queen Mary's weekend plans revealed

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20th September 2024
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…
Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra extends military service

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20th September 2024
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 (Engineer Battalion) in Brigade Nord through a press conference. Her service, which had been due to end at the end of the…
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Features

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

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19th September 2024
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…
Royal News

Who is the current longest reigning monarch in Europe?

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16th September 2024
There have been big changes in Europe’s monarchies this year and perhaps the biggest of all was the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark who brought her reign to an end in January, exactly 52 years to the day since she took the throne. Her departure shuffled the royal deck and means a new name now tops the list of longest current reigning monarch in Europe. And, for the first time in…
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