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King Juan Carlos under pressure from Spain's Prime Minister after disturbing allegations made

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9th July 2020
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has described corruption allegations surrounding the country’s former king, Juan Carlos I, as ”worrying and disturbing.” The political leader spoke out after being asked during a press conference whether the allegations were damaging the Monarchy. Sanchez replied that the claims were‘’worrying’’ adding that they ‘’disturb…
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The Royal Week in Pictures

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4th July 2020
Usually, as July gets under way, we expect the royal diary to start to slim down as summer holidays beckon. However, 2020 is proving different there, too. A lockdown begins to ease in countries across Europe, the continent’s royal families have had their busiest time…
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The Duke of Cambridge shows support for pubs as reopening gets under way

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4th July 2020
The Duke of Cambridge has popped to the local pub as the hospitality trade across England prepares to open up again after months of closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As pubs and restaurants across the country got ready to welcome back visitors, William spent time at a centuries old inn to hear how they hope to get back to business as lockdown eases. The Duke of Cambridge headed to…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium

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2nd July 2020
They were an unexpected king and queen and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixty first wedding anniversary.  The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959 in Brussels, now live quietly following Albert’s abdication. Royal Central looks back at the wedding which would put a shy young couple on the path to a…
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How many of Henry VIII's queens were crowned?

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27th June 2020
‘Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.’ That sad little rhyme, summing up the fates of Henry VIII’s six wives, is familiar to many. But while just about everyone knows that the monarch with a thing for wedding cake said ‘I do’ six times only to turn sour, and then some, on the majority of the women he married, the details of his consorts&#8217…
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