King Charles III

Charles III is about to become the first king to carry out this important duty

Buckingham Palace has announced King Charles will be in Canada to attend the Opening of Parliament in Ottawa where he will give the Speech from the Throne. And he’ll be the first male monarch to take on that task. The King will mark a first in his reign when he gives the Speech from the Throne in Ottawa. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was the first Monarch to give the speech. On 14…
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British Royals

How many royals does it take to plant a tree? Four and counting appears to be the answer....

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have joined King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle to fulfil a promise made at the time of the Coronation.  This very royal quartet met at Windsor Castle after King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia offered the gift of a tree to mark the 2023 Coronation and popped in on their friend and relation to help plant it.  The tree is a Swedish oak…
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Denmark

King Frederik speaks of love of Greenland and is more than prepared to show it

Although his trip was delayed by a day, King Frederik of Denmark headed to Greenland and spoke of how important it is to him as he visited some of its most important areas. The trip comes amidst an ongoing row involving loud statements from US President, Donald Trump, about annexing Greenland which is an autonomous country in the realm of Denmark. King Frederik arrived in Nuuk, the capital…
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Luxembourg

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

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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