Features

Princesses on parade: why future queens of Europe on military training has become big news

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30th October 2024
Europe’s future queens are taking a different path to their thrones in the twenty first century with more and more female heirs carrying out the military training that was historically only given to their brothers. Leonor, Princess of Asturias, is in the midst of her military training and has perhaps had the highest profile of all future queens in this role . She is in her second year…
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History

Home of royal ghosts: The Tower of London

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30th October 2024
The Tower of London remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in London, with thousands of visitors arriving daily at the royal fortress in the heart of London. However, the Tower is also home to several ghosts.  While many thousands of people have lived and…
The Netherlands

Princess Margriet oversees poignant ceremony

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28th October 2024
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands carried out a touching annual engagement. Early on Sunday morning, Princess Margriet attended the commemoration ceremony marking the lives of all Canadian soldiers who died during the Second World War who have been buried in the Canadian War Cemetery. She laid a wreath on behalf of the Dutch Royal Family. The date, 27 October, is an important…
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Features

The colourful tiara that passed from a queen to a duchess

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26th October 2024
While The King has inherited a number of stunning tiaras that he can loan out to the members of his family, the other branches of the British Royal Family have their own jewels. The Duchess of Gloucester has a substantial tiara, the Teck Turquoise Tiara, that she wears periodically for important occasions. The Duke and Duchess of Teck commissioned the original diamond and turquoise floral…
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Spain

Leonor and Sofia reunited as Spain celebrates awards

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26th October 2024
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia of Spain were happily reunited at the Princess of Asturias Awards concert on Thursday, 24 October and again at the awards ceremony on Friday. The Princess of Asturias Awards are an annual group of awards given by the Princess of Asturias Foundation to celebrate major accomplishments in the humanities, public affairs, and sciences. On Thursday…
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