Royal News

A brand new royal baby and she has a very regal name

Luxembourg’s Princess Alexandra has given birth to a baby girl and the new baby has a very royal name. Little Victoire was born in Paris on May 14th 2024. Her name is the French version of Victoria. Alexandra and her husband, Nicolas Bagory, announced they were expecting their first baby earlier this year. They married in April 2023. The new baby is ninth in line to the Grand Ducal…
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European Royals

A hug for a queen from Europe's longest serving heir to the throne

The Queen of Denmark was given a big hug to welcome her at the start of an historic event by a friend who also has her own place in royal history. As Queen Mary stepped ashore in Sweden at the start of the first State Visit since her husband took the Danish throne, the future monarch of Sweden curtsied to her visitor then cuddled her. The Crown Princess of Sweden welcomes Queen Mary of…
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Features

If Edward VIII hadn't abdicated, who would be monarch today?

We all love a royal ‘what if’ and perhaps one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the question of the king who renounced his throne for love. On December 11th 1936, 86 years ago, Edward VIII announced to the world that he was ending his reign to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. But what if Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Who would be Monarch now? New questions…
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Features

What really happened to Henry VIII's last queen? Inside the mysterious death of Katherine Parr

History remembers her as the ‘survivor’. Katherine Parr, last queen of Henry VIII, managed to get to the end of his reign with her marriage and her head intact. It was no mean feat. Yet, just over a year later, Kateryne The Quene was dead. How did the story of a royal woman who had navigated the pitfalls and caprices of the last days of Henry VIII end so soon afterwards? The…
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