The Netherlands

Surreal queens and cityscapes of tulips sum up a royal year

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31st December 2024
The Dutch Royal Family is a close family that keeps an extremely busy schedule. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima went into the eleventh year of their reign with a renewed dedication to their royal roles.Paleis Het Loo exhibits Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens seriesIn October, Princess Beatrix opened a new exhibition at the Paleis het Loo. Princess Beatrix was able to see the…
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Features

The queen who turned a strange Victorian gem into the jewel win of 2024

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29th December 2024
While royal watchers often eagerly await reports of which tiaras royals are wearing to events, there are so many other historic and gorgeous pieces of jewellery in the royal vaults. We are looking at some of the best jewellery appearances of 2024 today!Queen Maxima wears the Diamond and Pearl Devant de CorsageIn May, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands presented the King Willem I Awards…
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Norway

Future Queen Fashion 2024: Princess Ingrid-Alexandra of Norway

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28th December 2024
Princess Ingrid-Alexandra of Norway may be second-in-line for the Norwegian throne but is taking her role as future monarch seriously. She has spent the majority of 2024 carrying out military training and announced in October that she would be extending her training until April 2025. However, in her few appearances with her family in 2024, she is showing a refined sense of style at only twenty…
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Queen Elizabeth II

A moment of history in the first Christmas speech of Queen Elizabeth II

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24th December 2024
For our last lookback at Royal Christmas Broadcasts throughout the years, we are looking at one of the most historic Christmas speeches: Queen Elizabeth II’s first Christmas address as monarch in 1952.When Princess Elizabeth set out with her husband for a six month Commonwealth tour on behalf of her father. King George VI, on 31 January 1952, she did not know that within days, she…
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