Luxembourg

Luxembourg opens its monarchy's doors to children through an adventure website

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28th September 2023
The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Court has launched a new website, aimed at explaining the monarchy to children. After a week of teasers on social media, 27 September saw the launch of the new platform, which coincided with kids getting settled into their new school year routines.  The platform is designed in a fairytale book style and is full of sounds that remind of cartoons about…
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FeaturesHistory

Painting by ground breaking artist rediscovered in a royal storage room

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24th September 2023
The Royal Collection Trust has just announced that a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has gone on display at Windsor Castle for the first time in almost two centuries. The announcement comes at the end of a much-needed restoration work that the painting has undergone, as it was misattributed to “French School” and left in disrepair in a Hampton Court Palace storage room. The…
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Insight

Royals and the United Nations: what roles do they have?

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22nd September 2023
The United Nations is the biggest international organism currently in existence, as it unites representatives from more than 190 countries and different international organisations, like the EU and the African Union.  Its purpose as an intergovernmental organisation is to “maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation…
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Belgium

Queen Mathilde in New York to continue her UN work

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19th September 2023
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians has travelled to New York City to attend the United Nations annual General Assembly, in her role as Advocate for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.  Her Majesty arrived in the Big Apple on 17th September 2023, but began her agenda the following day with a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Deputy Secretary General Amina J…
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