Norway

King Harald leads Norway's royals at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

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11th December 2024
The Nobel Peace Prize is always presented in Oslo and this year King Harald and Queen Sonja were joined by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit at Oslo City Hall for the ceremony.  The Norwegian king awarded the prestigious prize to a Japanese group, Nihon Hidankyo, that is working towards a nuclear-free planet.  The group, whose full name is the Japan Confederation of A and…
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Features

A Commonwealth milestone marked in Christmas broadcast

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11th December 2024
A very special anniversary for a country with a very special place in the heart of Queen Elizabeth II took centre stage in one of her Christmas broadcasts. In 1967, Canada celebrated its centenary. The Canadian Crown was established as separate (as were the other dominions) with the Statute of Westminster in 1931.  As Queen of Canada, Queen Elizabeth, visited the country in the summer of…
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FeaturesRoyal Christmas

Golden celebrations and profound loss mixed in an historic Christmas Day speech

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10th December 2024
The Royal Christmas Broadcasts provide fantastic insights into the monarch’s personal and professional year. As we examine a different Christmas speech each day in December, we are able to learn a bit more about the Monarch on the throne. Queen Elizabeth II’s 2002 address was a touching end to a difficult year.  The Queen’s younger sister, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 at…
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How Queen Elizabeth II made history by taking the Christmas speech to television

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7th December 2024
In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II made history with a big step forward. Queen Elizabeth II made her first Christmas broadcast in 1952, twenty years after her grandfather, King George V, began the tradition. However, in 1957, Queen Elizabeth became the first monarch to make a televised address on Christmas. As her image was beamed into homes around the UK, Queen Elizabeth said…
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