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The English queens of France

On an August day, over 500 years ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, was promised in marriage to the French king, Louis XII. She would wed him several months later. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in Northern France transformed Mary into the Queen of France. No other English princess held that title after her. In fact, only one other daughter of a King of England had…
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British Royals

Queen Camilla makes moving visit to organisation founded by Queen Victoria

The Queen has made carried out her first engagement with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland since becoming the organisation’s patron. Queen Camilla welcomed the QNIS to a special reception which she hosted at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh. Her Majesty welcomed current and past nurses with the organisation at the special event which was held in the famous Great Gallery at…
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Royal News

Rare public appearance for Princess Michael of Kent

She was once one of the most talked about members of the Royal Family but in recent years she’s had a much lower profile. However, Wimbledon provided a rare sighting of Princess Michael of Kent who took her seat in the royal box as day three of this year’s championships got under way. Princess Michael enjoyed a day on Centre Court where she saw defending men’s champion, Carlos…
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Royal News

Queen Maxima puts record straight on her viral Donald Trump moment

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has explained just what happened when she met Donald Trump last week and ended up going viral after claims she was mocking the US President. During a meeting in The Hague ahead of the NATO summit, Queen Maxima turned from President Trump to waiting journalists and made an elaborate movement with her mouth. Queen Maxima went viral for this gesture during a…
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