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Royal Wedding Bouquets: the symbolic choices of Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

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19th June 2023
June is royal wedding month in Sweden and one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose the same date for her marriage to Daniel Westling in 2010. Mother and daughter wore the same tiara for their marriages and selected cream and green blooms for…
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The last big Windsor wedding of the 20th century

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19th June 2023
The last major Windsor wedding of the 20th century became something of a turning point for Queen Elizabeth II and her family. It wasn’t just that this royal celebration was more informal and more relaxed than the spectacular ceremonial of previous royal marriages. The…
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The Duchess of Edinburgh is thrilled by the surprise at the end of Trooping the Colour

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17th June 2023
It was a special tribute to The King, kept secret from him, to round off Trooping the Colour but it was the Duchess of Edinburgh who seemed most thrilled with the event. As the flypast over Buckingham Palace came to an end after the first Sovereign’s Birthday Parade for Charles III, planes formed a ‘C R’ in the skies above London. His Majesty looked touched and almost…
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A romantic and reluctant queen

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17th June 2023
She was the royal who insisted she would only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance that would lead to a crown and…
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Princess Charlotte enjoys Trooping the Colour with the Duchess of Edinburgh

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17th June 2023
Princess Charlotte appeared to enjoy every moment of Trooping the Colour as she watched the parade from a balcony with the Duchess of Edinburgh. The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, was sitting on the dais on the parade ground with The Queen and the Duke of Kent, so it was great aunt Sophie who kept the youngsters of the Royal Family entertained during the ceremony. Princess…
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Fundraiser born in reign of King George V is oldest person recognised in Charles III's first birthday Honours list

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17th June 2023
A charity worker who was born when King George V was on the throne has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the first Birthday Honours List of the reign of King Charles III. Joan Willett, who is 106 years old, is recognised for decades of fundraising for the British Heart Foundation. Her honour has been bestowed by George V’s great grandson, King Charles III. Joan Willett was…
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