Royal News

The stunning diamond jewel that Queen Elizabeth II loved to wear to Royal Family weddings

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21st April 2025
It’s a jewel with a very romantic name which is perhaps why Queen Elizabeth II chose it for some of the biggest and most important royal weddings of her reign. It’s also huge and so adds plenty of sparkle to any family portrait and it became a Windsor gem thanks to Elizabeth II’s much loved grandmother, Queen Mary. Queen Mary acquired several pieces that are now a part of the…
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Belgium

This princess is celebrating as her royal family enjoys a very special time

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16th April 2025
The Belgian royal family is currently enjoying an Easter break and they have plenty to celebrate. Just a day after King Philippe celebrated his 65th birthday, his youngest child has marked their own special day as Princess Eleonore turns 17. The Belgian royals have released new portraits of the princess to mark her birthday, taken by photographer Bas Bogaerts.  The teenage princess chose a…
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Royal News

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

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15th April 2025
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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Features

The historic building at the centre of a mystery that became the setting for a very famous wedding

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11th April 2025
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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