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Was a common illness used as an excuse to cover up the murders of outspoken royal women?

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5th September 2022
It was an illness that claimed millions of lives before the advent of modern medicine and among its victims are several queens and high ranking women in English royal history. Puerperal fever, sometimes called childbed fever, was a bacterial infection that led to death in the majority of cases and it was only eradicated by the advancement of hygiene techniques and the introduction of…
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Belgium

New details of this autumn's big royal wedding revealed

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3rd September 2022
The wedding dress, the bridal party and the music to be played were all up for debate as fresh details of Europe’s biggest royal wedding of the year were shared. With just over a week to go until Belgium’s Princess Maria Laura marries William Isvy in Brussels, the plans for both their civil and religious ceremonies were discussed as the bride’s parents spoke to the press about…
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British Royals

The Queen to miss the Braemar Games

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2nd September 2022
The Queen is to miss one of the favourite parts of her stay in Scotland. Royal officials have confirmed that Her Majesty won’t attend the Braemar gathering, a staple in her Balmoral diary. The Prince of Wales will be present at the games. It was confirmed on…
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The first American Princess of Monaco

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2nd September 2022
American by birth, hugely popular and credited with helping turn Monaco from a forgotten principality into a European hotspot – but this isn’t the story of Grace Kelly. Almost seven decades before her famous marriage to Prince Rainier III, another US born princess had taken Monaco by storm and transformed its fortunes. However, there was no fairytale ending for Alice Heine, the first…
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British Royals

Flag flies at half mast at Diana's ancestral home on the 25th anniversary of her death

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31st August 2022
The flag at the ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales was lowered to half mast on August 31st 2022, the 25th anniversary of her death. Exactly a quarter of a century after Diana died, following a car crash in Paris, the flag at Althorp House, Northamptonshire was lowered. Diana is buried on an island in the Oval Lake at Althorp. The estate has been the ancestral home of the Spencer…
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