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King Harald and King Felipe took part a sailing regatta in Mallorca

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6th August 2019
This past weekend two kings met under a common interest. His Majesty King Harald of Norway and His Majesty King Felipe of Spain took part in the sailing regatta “Copa del Rey” in Mallorca, Spain. A total of 14 boats from eight nations, Germany, Spain, Austria, England, Italy, Norway, Russia and Sweden participated in the Club Swan50 class when the Copa Del Rey regatta started on 27 July.
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Queen Letizia visits the National Library of Spain

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2nd August 2019
Her Majesty Queen of Letizia of Spain made a visit to the National Library of Spain on Tuesday of this week. The Queen visited the library to inaugurate two of the newly renovated reading rooms, the general hall, which now goes on to be called María Moliner, and the press…
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The Duke of Braganza defends Portuguese bullfighting

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31st July 2019
The Duke of Braganza and pretender to the Portuguese throne, Dom Duarte Pio, has said in an interview with Portuguese media that “all those who oppose bullfighting, oppose Portuguese traditions and culture” even though he “understands that for emotional and sentimental reasons” many people are ”shocked by some aspects of bullfighting”. This is reported by the…
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Queen Margrethe visits the new suburbs of Sønderborg

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29th July 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is currently on summer holiday with her family at Gråsten castle. On Saturday, she took a short break from her vacation to visit the people at the small village of Sønderborg. This Danish city has created a brand new suburb and the Queen accepted…
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Danish artist will erect a four-meter-high bust of the Queen Margrethe

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25th July 2019
A Danish sculptor-artist, Jim Lyngvild, is planning to erect a four-meter-high bust of the Queen Margrethe. He will also make the bust in a smaller format which will be available to buy Designer and artist Jim Lyngvild is known as a devoted Danish royalist. He has created so much art dedicated to the royal family. Next year he will gather much of this art in one single exhibition, and the…
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Prince Ferdinand of Bismarck dies at 88

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25th July 2019
Prince Ferdinand of Bismarck, has died at the age of 88 years old. The news was first reported by the German paper, Bunte. The prince passed away following complications experienced during surgery. He leaves behind him his wife, Princess Elisabeth and their three children.
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Prince Napoleon's journey to Norway in 1856

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24th July 2019
In August 1856, Christiania received an exceptionally grand visit. Seven royals from three royal houses, one Imperial house and a princely house were gathered in Norway’s capital that summer. One of them was Napoleon, although it wasn’t the Napoleon most of us…
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Prince Emanuele of Savoy robbed of jewels worth over €500,000

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23rd July 2019
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy’s home in Paris has been robbed. French newspaper “Le Parisien” and other media report that the burglary took place on Friday, 19 July in the French home of the Italian prince and his wife. No one in the family was home when the robbery occurred. The robbery was discovered later that same day by Princess Clotilde of Savoy, the wife of Prince…
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