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This royal bride said no to a tiara for her wedding and chose fake flowers instead

You expect flowers at a wedding but these ones were part of a royal fashion statement that packed a real punch. One royal bride spent years being talked about as just not good enough for a ruling dynasty and when she finally did walk down the aisle to marry her prince, she said no to a tiara. She chose fake flowers instead which is showing your enemies the door with about as much class as…
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Royal News

King Felipe and Queen Letizia begin trip around Spain to show support for those affected by wildfires

The King and Queen of Spain have begun a three day visit to some of the areas of the country worst affected by wild fires. Change of plan for royals King Felipe and Queen Letizia began in the western region of Zamora which has been badly hit. The blazes are still so difficult that the initial part of this visit had to be altered. Felipe and Letizia arrived at Lake Sanabria but they…
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The secret queen used by a royal to remove a boy king from power

She was the long dead widow who was used by a king to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but forgotten today. Eleanor Butler was the woman who helped change the royal history of England forever and almost brought one of its most famous dynasties to disaster before they had even secured the throne. But was she also Queen of England? Eleanor never claimed a crown for herself but as…
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Belgium

Belgium's spare finds out that growing up royal means everyone's talking about you

Prince Gabriel of Belgium has discovered that growing up a royal brings its own unusual aspects. As the second in line to the throne turns 22, papers in his home country are already speculating about who he might marry. However, in a sign of changing times, it is the prince who is being spoken about as a potential consort to a future ruler. Prince Gabriel of Belgium poses for a birthday…
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