Belgium

Belgian Royal Family releases birthday portraits of Princess Elisabeth

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25th October 2024
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, is celebrating her 23rd birthday and the Belgian Royal Palace has released new portraits to mark the occasion.The Belgian Royal Family has shared two new photographs of Princess Elisabeth in honour of her birthday.The two portraits were taken by Max Bueno and show the princess enjoying autumn in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is wearing a…
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Norway

Queen Sonja wears copied tiara for gala dinner

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25th October 2024
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted the annual gala dinner, with Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Astrid, for members of parliament. Queen Sonja chose to wear a copy ofa favourite tiara of another queen for the evening. She wore a somewhat historic tiara for…
Royal News

Queen Camilla is back to the books for Samoa visit

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24th October 2024
King Charles and Queen Camilla have met with a wide variety of people and organisations throughout their visits to Australia and Samoa. The Queen has continued to focus on promoting literacy and learning in particular with several engagements.As her visit to Samoa began, Queen Camilla was able to visit a pastoral primary school, locally known as the aoga faifeau. The school begins at a…
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History

The Irish jewels stolen before a royal visit

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23rd October 2024
Also known as the Irish Crown Jewels, the Jewels of the Order of St Patrick, are at the heart of a still-unsolved mystery.King George III created the Order of St Patrick in 1783, as an equivalent order to England’s Order of the Garter and Scotland’s Order of…
The Netherlands

Queen Maxima puts on her best hat and sparkles for a day out at a plastics factory

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23rd October 2024
Royals often spend much of their day to day time attending engagements that many of us would consider mundane, with visits to waste sorting facilities and park openings. However, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands continues to prove why she is perfect for the role with her enthusiasm, dedication, and energy at every engagement.Earlier this week, Queen Maxima opened a new factory in Delfzijl…
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History

The only Tudor Queen to be buried with Henry VIII

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22nd October 2024
Jane Seymour, the only of King Henry VIII’s wives to receive the burial of a queen, died on 24 October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace.Seymour was most likely born in 1508, but her birthdate is unknown; she was born to Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth.Her first confirmed role at court did not come until 1532 when she was a maid of honour to Queen Catherine (of Aragon).
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