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Queen Victoria's tragic aunt who fought to escape a miserable royal marriage

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7th April 2025
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are considered by many to have had of the most successful of all royal marriages. However, many of their relatives were not so lucky in love. Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the sister of Victoria, Queen Victoria’s mother, and Ernest, Prince Albert’s father. Given that she came from a relatively small German duchy, she made what should have…
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Denmark

Queen Mary teams up with Brigitte Macron to tackle bullying in Paris

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3rd April 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark has kept a busy schedule throughout the State Visit to France, with joint engagements with King Frederik and solo outings. In a school visit with Brigitte Macron, the Danish queen once again tackled the issue of bullying.Queen Mary visited Ecole Maternelle Dussoubs to meet with primary school children. The school has joined an anti-bullying programme, Free of…
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British Royals

The engagement ring of a queen: Camilla's stunning diamond sparkler

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1st April 2025
When it was announced in February 2005 that the then-Prince of Wales had proposed to Camilla Parker-Bowles, ITN proclaimed that he had used “a ring worth waiting for”. The King and Queen are about to mark twenty years of marriage and the glittering ring put the sparkling seal on their romance.Charles proposed with a ring that has a long family history. Historians believe that the ring…
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The tragic Stuart king executed in the heart of Whitehall

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31st March 2025
Exactly 400 years ago this month, King James I of England died and his son, King Charles I, took the throne. In 1625, no one could have foreseen the bloody end to the new reign. King Charles I, the second Stuart monarch of England, strongly believed in the divine right of kings. He felt that he should be able to govern as he saw fit without parliament’s interference, including raising taxes…
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