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Scandinavian Spotlight: State visits, birthday celebrations and more!

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17th February 2024
Let’s a take a look at the royal week in Scandinavia! DENMARK Queen Margrethe was back in the spotlight this week as King Frederik, Queen Mary and their children were out of the country on a winter vacation—their first since the change of throne last month. Queen Margrethe stepped in as regent for her son for the first time, a duty the Royal Court had stressed that she will still…
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Royal News

Queen Camilla marks centenary of Poppy Factory

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16th February 2024
Queen Camilla marked the centennial of The Poppy Factory at a Clarence House reception, telling those gathered that “It’s so important nowadays to look after these veterans because sometimes they don’t get as much attention as they need.” The Poppy Factory was founded in 1922 and migrated to its current form in 1924, to help the wounded, old and sick veterans living in the aftermath of…
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European Royals

A much loved princess and a very romantic wedding tiara

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12th February 2024
Amidst the splendour of the gala dinner for King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee in Stockholm on Friday evening, Queen Anne-Marie stole the show in a tiara with a magnificent royal history in Sweden, Denmark, Greece, and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. [getty src=”1682949676″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”com”] In early 1905, Princess Margaret and Princess Patricia of…
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Royal News

The Earthshot Prize 2024 location announced

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9th February 2024
The Earthshot Prize is heading to Cape Town, South Africa this November for five days of events designed to celebrate the innovative ways this year’s nominees are working to save the planet. The charity announced its location on Friday afternoon, and noted that of the…
Luxembourg

The mystery around a royal tiara that's proved popular with princesses

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6th February 2024
The stones at the heart of this Luxembourg tiara have long been a mystery to royal watchers: are they topazes or are they citrines? The Grand Ducal Household has never officially declared which gemstones are used in the tiara, so nearly every article about it calls it the Citrine (or Topaz) and Pearl Bandeau. The tiara is made up of oval citrines—or topazes—set on a yellow gold band and…
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