BelgiumEuropean RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Belgian Royal Palace and Royal Crypt set to open to the public

Royal watchers in Belgium will have more on their to-see lists this summer. Both the Royal Palace of Brussels and the Royal Crypt in Laeken will be open to the public. The Royal Palace of Brussels serves as the official home of the King and Queen of the Belgians. The palace now stands on the grounds of Coudenberg Palace, which dates back to the 11th century. It burned down in the…
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British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

The iconic outfits worn by The Queen at her Platinum Jubilee

Both of The Queen’s historic outfits from her Platinum Jubilee will be on display this summer at the Palace of Holyrood.  For Her Majesty’s first Platinum Jubilee appearance, at Trooping the Colour, she wore a powder blue dress and coat that features a white and silver petal design around the collar and the front, designed by The Queen’s dressmaker, Angela Kelly. She also wore a…
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British RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Spending on Buckingham Palace tops £100 million

In the past fiscal year, the Royal Family spent more than £100 million on significant repair work on Buckingham Palace, drawing large amounts of funding.  The Royal Family released its annual spending report for the last financial year, released on Thursday, 30 June. The Sovereign Grant report details how the Royal Family has spent their funds.  During the last financial year, the Royal…
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European RoyalsHistoryNorwaySweden

Ingeborg, the princess who just provided a future queen with her first tiara

The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth birthday celebrations. The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. Born Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise in 1878, she was the daughter of King Frederick VII and Louise of Denmark. She was a first cousin…
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