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King Charles prepares return to ancient ceremony he was forced to miss

King Charles and Queen Camilla will be carrying out one of the most important religious ceremonies on the calendar as they head to Durham Cathedral to attend the Royal Maundy service.  Maundy Thursday marks the day before Jesus’s crucifixion when he ate food with his disciples and then washed their feet out of love. In an ancient tradition, the Monarch now hands out money to people chosen…
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The historic building at the centre of a mystery that became the setting for a very famous wedding

King Charles and Queen Camilla are celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary and they tied the knot in a building that comes complete with its own historical mystery. The couple had originally hoped to marry at Windsor Castle itself but legally this would have required that the castle be open as a venue to other couples to get married there for three years. And so the couple turned their…
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One of Rome's most beautiful buildings just played host to King Charles and Queen Camilla and it already has a royal past

King Charles and Queen Camilla’s historic wedding anniversary portraits were taken in a place already packed with royal history. The portraits were taken at Villa Wolkonsky, the current official residence of the British Ambassador to Italy. The gorgeous building has its own royal connections.  Chris Getty/ Buckingham Palace Princess Zinaida Aleksandrovna Volkonskaya, a Russian…
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The discreet princess who's celebrating a big milestone

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands turns 18 today – meaning all three children of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are now officially adults. However, the celebrations for the third in line to the Dutch throne will be low key, in keeping with a princess who has managed to remain quietly under the radar for much of her life. Princess Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés was born in the…
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