Features

A romantic tiara that links two royal families sparkles again at a glittering State Banquet

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg chose to wear one of her royal family’s most famous tiaras at the State Banquet that began her State Visit to Belgium. And her pick had a sentimental element, too. For the diamond diadem worn by the Grand Duchess was taken to Luxembourg by a Belgian princess on her wedding day. The tiara in question, the Belgian scroll, is just one part of a sparkling…
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Denmark

Queen Mary shares her love of nature at deer haven

Queen Mary professed her love of nature over the weekend after she dedicated new land to an existing deer haven. The Danish queen visited the southern part of Jægersborg Hegn on Sunday afternoon to incorporate it into the existing Dyrehaven (Deer Haven) in Copenhagen. With the expansion, the Dyrehaven is now a quarter larger than it had previously been. Accompanied by Magnus Heunicke, the…
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Norway

The special meaning in the engagement ring of a princess nicknamed Cinderella

Theirs was an engagement announcement that threatened the monarchy’s stability, but the ring upon Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby’s ring finger symbolised nearly a century of royal love matches, and theirs would, in time, be no different. Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit met in July 1999 at a music festival and began dating afterwards. At the time, the “Cinderella from Kristiansand,”…
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Royal News

Peter Phillips: William and Catherine are "a fantastic team"

Peter Phillips praised his cousin William and his wife Catherine as a “fantastic team” in a new interview with Sky News Australia. The interview was released on the heels of Catherine’s shocking cancer announcement, and though Peter only commented on her abdominal surgery recovery, he said that Catherine and The King have both been touched by the “outpouring of support…and the well…
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