Denmark

King Frederik words on Queen Margrethe's health after surprise hospital admission

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20th September 2024
King Frederik shared an update on his mother’s condition after she was hospitalised earlier on Thursday due to a fall.  Queen Margrethe, the former Danish monarch, was hospitalised after she fell at her home at Fredernsborg Palace in Copenhagen on Wednesday, 18 September.  She was taken to Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen to be treated, the largest teaching hospital in…
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Belgium

A future queen arrives at Harvard

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19th September 2024
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant and heir to the Belgian throne has begun her post graduate education at Harvard. The princess marked her first day of post-graduate with new photos.  Max Bueno/ Belgian Royal Palace The Belgian Royal Palace released three…
Royal News

How many people wrote to the Royal Family last year?

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19th September 2024
The Royal Family has shared that in the second year of King Charles’ reign, they have received over 100,000 letters from across the globe. On Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter), the Royal Family shared a video on Wednesday highlighting just how much mail they receive in a year. In the last year, members of the Royal Family received over 100,000 pieces of mail from all over the…
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Royal News

The Princess of Wales carries out first engagement after completing chemotherapy

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18th September 2024
The Princess of Wales has already returned to work with a quiet engagement at Windsor on Tuesday. The Princess of Wales was listed in the Court Circular with the following entry: ”The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held an Early Years Meeting at Windsor Castle.” This comes very quickly after The…
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History

The king who never gave up hope of regaining his lost crown

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16th September 2024
Although he was known for most of his adult life as the Duke of York, it was as a king that James II of England and VII of Scotland died in exile on 16 September 1701, even though he had long lost his throne. Born to King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria on 14 October 1633, James was known as the Duke of York from birth and was formally given the title in 1644. James and his elder…
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