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Queen Margrethe gives poignant and powerful New Year's speech

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31st December 2019
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe has looked to the future and the past in a very personal New Year’s address. Making reference to her own childhood as well as the adventures that still await her grandchildren, she urged her fellow citizens to come together as they tackle some major issues facing their country. And she did it all while dealing with the pressures of live TV as she was forced to…
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The best royal photo of the decade?

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29th December 2019
The 2010s have been a time of change for royalty across Europe and, as the decade ends, reflections on the years that have passed throwback images that will last forever. For a picture, the capturing of an instant, can tell a story far better than words. In a royal decade…
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The Royal 2010s: the Ruby Queen

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29th December 2019
As the decade draws to a close, minds turn to reflection. It’s been a packed ten years for Europe’s ruling houses but while a handful have been marked by abdications, others have seen commemorations for major milestones. One of the first big jubilees of the 2010s saw Denmark mark forty years of the rule of Queen Margrethe. Here Royal Central looks back at the celebrations for…
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The Royal 2010s: a decade of abdications

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26th December 2019
The old decade is making its final bows and in days, the 2010s will be part of history. For Europe’s ruling houses, it’s been a momentous ten years and among the most striking and significant moments of that decade have been the abdications that swept in a new, younger set of monarchs.From the expected change of ruler in the Netherlands to the surprises in Belgium and Spain, the…
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The Queen in royal blue for this year's Christmas broadcast

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24th December 2019
Royal blue is the royal pick for this year’s Christmas broadcast. The Queen has chosen a dress first worn in 2013 for her annual speech to the Commonwealth.Her Majesty filmed the speech at Windsor Castle where she is seen in deep blue cashmere, designed by her dresser, Angela Kelly. It’s the third time in ten years that she’s picked blue for her Christmas broadcast, last…
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