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Portraits of a king and queen: Felipe VI and Letizia, by Annie Leibovitz

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26th November 2024
New photos, taken as historic portraits of the King and Queen of Spain, have been revealed for the first time. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are shown in the Royal Palace of Madrid in two images commissioned by the Bank of Spain as a permanent record of this royal reign. One of the world’s most famous photographers, Annie Leibovitz, was responsible for the portraits which will be part…
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Three royal weddings, two princesses and just one dress - the sisters who shared a glittering gown

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24th November 2024
It was a royal wedding with a recycled gown that would end up being worn at three ceremonies. When Princess Desiree of Sweden married Baron Niclas Silfvershiold sixty years ago, she took wedding thrift to new levels by borrowing a dress that one of her sisters had worn already to her two wedding ceremonies. The bride, Princess Desiree, was the second of the four sisters of Carl Gustaf of…
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The cost of The King's Coronation revealed

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21st November 2024
The cost of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla has been revealed. The figure is inside the annual review of the government department which took the lead role in supporting the celebrations. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport worked with the Royal…
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The Queen is given honour by the Princess Royal

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21st November 2024
The Princess Royal presented her sister-in-law, The Queen, with an honour for her work to promote reading. Queen Camilla was given an honorary doctorate in Literature by the University of London and Princess Anne, as the institution’s Chancellor, was tasked with its presentation. The two shared a smile as the Princess, towering over The Queen from her Chancellor’s stage, adjusted the red…
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Emotional reunion for the Duchess of Edinburgh

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19th November 2024
The Duchess of Edinburgh had an emotional reunion at her latest engagement. Sophie had just arrived for a special event in London marking the 60th anniversary of the health charity, Wellbeing of Women, when she bumped into someone who played a major role in her family’s life. The Duchess found herself face to face with Sir Marcus Setchell, the former Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Queen…
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