Royal News

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sends well wishes after King Charles is diagnosed with cancer

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5th February 2024
The Prime Minster has been among the first to send well wishes to King Charles after Buckingham Palace announced His Majesty is being treated for cancer. Rishi Sunak said ”Wishing His Majesty a full and speedy recovery. I have no doubt he’ll be back to full strength in no time and I know the whole country will be wishing him well.” Other politicians have also sent messages to…
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British Royals

The Regency Act: who can stand in for King Charles?

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5th February 2024
The Regency Act of 1937 lays out who stands in for a Monarch in a range of situations where they can’t exercise their functions. It came into force in the first year of the reign of King George VI, when his heir was a ten year old princess called Elizabeth. Now, George VI’s grandson sits on that throne and has already seen the law change once in his short reign. Within months of his…
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European Royals

The queen who fought an assassin with flowers

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5th February 2024
She was the queen who tried to save her dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She had done all she could to save the monarchy she married into but it would all come to nothing as she watched another son lose his throne just years after the…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe becomes award winner

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4th February 2024
Queen Margrethe has won a prestigious arts award for her work on an acclaimed film. Just weeks after her abdication, Her Majesty was presented with the Robert Award for Costume Designer of the Year for ‘Ehrengard – The Art of Seduction’. The trophy and certificate were given to Queen Margrethe at her home at Amalienborg in Copenhagen. Her Majesty said ”I am deeply…
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