Luxembourg

Did someone say diamonds? This towering tiara packs mystery and history

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30th April 2025
It’s a tower of a tiara and it has a back story to match its might. The ‘Empire Tiara’ of Luxembourg is a huge collection of diamonds but despite being pretty hard to miss, no one is completely sure where it came from in the first place.This impressive tiara was first recorded in 1829, though it may be older. It is over ten centimetres tall and almost 20 centimetres across…
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Royal News

Another first for Queen Mary of Denmark

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29th April 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark has tackled another first as consort as she appears in a new film for an exhibition at her royal palace.Mary is in a film based on the life of another woman once married to a King of Denmark called Frederik. But, unlike Mary, this historic figure…
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The niece of a pope who became Queen of France

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28th April 2025
She was the mother of three kings, the wife of another and the niece of a powerful pope and those links aren’t even the most interesting things about a woman who ended up having a whole age named after her. She’s a controversial figure, even now, but her impact on royal history is undeniable.Catherine de Medici was born into the famous aristocratic Florentine family on 13 April…
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Royal News

King Charles speaks of profound sadness after car attack in Canada

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28th April 2025
King Charles and Queen Camilla have spoken of their profound sadness after 11 people were killed when a car was driven into a crowd in Vancouver, Canada.Their Majesties said the attack, at Filipino festival in Vancouver, had left them saddened and that they sent ”our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonising time for so many in Canada.’‘On the evening of April 26…
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European Royals

Queen Mary joins list of royals attending Pope Francis's funeral

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25th April 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark will attend the funeral of Pope Francis, joining royalty from across Europe for the solemn mass.The Danish queen will represent her royal family at the funeral which takes place on April 26 2025 at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.In 2018, Mary, then Crown Princess of Denmark, was received by Pope Francis at the Vatican along with her husband…
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