Features

Five royal brides who didn't wear tiaras

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1st August 2023
Royal weddings bring all kinds of expectations and among them is one filled with sparkle and glitter. For we all assume a royal bride will arrive for her marriage wearing a tiara. When the wedding will result in them becoming a consort or consort in waiting, the expectation is even higher. However, some of the most high profile royal brides of recent times have decided to ditch the diadem. Royal…
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The royal wedding that turned a nurse into a beloved queen

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31st July 2023
The marriage of King Baudouin of the Belgians and Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, on December 15th 1960, gave a country a new queen and began a royal partnership that would become one of the most successful in modern regal history. The discreet monarch and his equally dignified bride went on to enjoy a long and happy union that would help stabilise the Belgian monarchy after years of turbulence. Their…
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Spain

King Juan Carlos back in Spain as exile anniversary approaches

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28th July 2023
Just days before the third anniversary of his self imposed exile from Spain, King Juan Carlos has returned to the country.The former monarch was spotted sailing off the coast of Galicia as his son and successor headed to Mallorca where the Spanish royal family traditionally spends a summer holiday.[getty src=”1573892121″ width=”594″ height=”396&#8243…
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Why didn't Queen Victoria have a Silver Jubilee?

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27th July 2023
Victoria was the monarch who invented jubilees as we know them. The celebrations of 1887 and 1897 are among the most famous events of royal history and helped shape her legacy. But our modern minds assume there must also have been a silver version, for that is the pattern we…
Belgium

Patriotic dressing from Belgium's queens and princesses as their king celebrates ten years on the throne

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21st July 2023
The celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the reign of King Philippe of the Belgians got under way with a nod to the country’s colours from the royal family that has supported him through his tenure.His wife, Queen Mathilde, wore bright red while his heir, Princess Elisabeth, was in yellow and the king’s mother, Queen Paola, had elements of black in her outfit, meaning all…
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