Sweden

King and Queen of Sweden open new Jubilee exhibition at Solliden

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19th May 2023
The King and Queen of Sweden have opened a new Jubilee exhibition at Solliden Palace.On Wednesday, 17 May, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia opened a new exhibition in the gardens of the Swedish summer palace. The exhibition is known in English as the “Jubilee exhibition in glass.” This is the third year that an exhibition has been staged in Solliden’s English gardens…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales visits Bath to mark Mental Health Awareness Week

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16th May 2023
The Princess of Wales had a busy day of engagements in Bath on May 16. Her Royal Highness met with several different organisations and communities to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental Health Awareness Week is from the 15th to the 21st of May this year in the United Kingdom. The Mental Health Foundation is the charity that organises it, and they have chosen the theme of anxiety for…
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CoronationKing Charles III

The exquisite work on a new Stole Royal for the Coronation

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8th May 2023
The King wore several historic garments throughout his coronation service yesterday. While some of these garments had been used by his mother, grandfather, and great-grandfather at their coronations, some were created new for King Charles’s Coronation. One of the newly created garments was the Stole Royal. A stole is a traditional ecclesiastical garment; it is a long piece of fabric draped…
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Features

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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5th May 2023
One of the most recognisable and iconic moments in The Queen’s historic 70-year reign was her 1953 Coronation. It was the first televised Coronation and was watched by 27 million people in the United Kingdom, with millions more watching from around the…
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The Coronation of Charles III: the Crowning of a King

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5th May 2023
There are few moments more universally recognisable in a coronation ceremony than the crowning. A once in a reign event, we will see King Charles III crowned at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.The Coronation service will begin with the recognition and oath where the congregation recognises King Charles as the new Monarch and he will take his oath to serve the people. He will then be…
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