Spain

King Felipe calls for unity in the face of troubled times in hard hitting Christmas message

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24th December 2022
The King of Spain has issued a plea for unity as he delivered one of his hardest hitting Christmas messages. Speaking from the Zarzuela Palace on Christmas Eve, King Felipe said that the year had been ”complicated and difficult” and he urged people across Spain to look to the future by ”taking care of our democracy, protecting our cohesion….strengthening our…
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British Royals

The favourite festive tradition given new life by King Charles

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24th December 2022
In the end, it was bright blue with a jaunty handkerchief thrown into the mix. OK, it’s not quite the same as the years of guessing which colour Queen Elizabeth II would wear for her Christmas speech but the pick of The King for the first festive address of his reign is still an eye opener. Charles III has chosen to give his debut Christmas speech in that most ancient of places, St.
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Features

Victoria's Christmas: a sweet gift from a loving son on the saddest of days

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22nd December 2022
She had made the season her own. The festive season at the end of the 19th century was very different from that in 1837, the year she had become monarch. Yet the final Christmas of Queen Victoria was filled with heartbreak. The queen herself could not get away from it, noting in her diary for December 25th 1900 ”this has indeed been a terribly sad Christmas for us all!”. And it had…
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British Royals

The King's Official Birthday Parade - first details revealed

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22nd December 2022
The first Trooping the Colour of the reign of King Charles III will take place on June 17th 2022. It will mark the Official Birthday of King Charles for the first time. The Sovereign’s Birthday Parade will take over central London just weeks after His Majesty is crowned at Westminster Abbey.  Regiments of the Household Division will take part in the pageantry at Horse Guards…
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