British Royals

King Charles to welcome President of South Korea on State Visit

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26th September 2023
The President of South Korea will make a State Visit to the United Kingdom. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will host the State Visit in November 2023. It will be the second incoming State Visit of The King’s reign. The first was in the autumn of 2022 when Their Majesties hosted the President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa. The exact dates of the visit of President Yoon Suk…
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British Royals

The King who conquered and a Royal Family ready for anything

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24th September 2023
As weekends go, this one must be a pretty jolly one at Balmoral. If King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived back in Aberdeenshire with a spring in their steps, who could blame them? They touched down after a hugely successful State Visit to France which grabbed headlines around the world. In fact, it was a week to remember for all the right reasons for the Royal Family. Not even the rain as autumn…
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Features

The royal weddings of York Minster

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24th September 2023
It’s one of the oldest churches in Britain the seat of one of England’s most important clerics yet the famous York Minster is a rare venue for royal weddings. Just two major regal marriages have taken place at this ancient church in almost 1,000 years. The…
European Royals

The queen who fought an assassin with flowers

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24th September 2023
She was the queen who tried to save her dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She had done all she could to save the monarchy she married into but it would all come to nothing as she watched another son lose his throne just years after the…
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Spain

The queen who had to attend her wedding reception in a blood spattered gown

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22nd September 2023
A century ago, the woman who reigned as Spanish consort had more than her fair share of problems. She was Victoria Eugenie, known as Ena, and her first day as a queen began in a terrifying manner. Ena perhaps realized the turbulence ahead of her just minutes after her wedding. She walked into the Royal Monastery of San Jeronimo in Madrid on May 21st 1906 as a princess and left as a queen having…
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