International royalsSaudi Arabia

Saudi King's brother, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has died

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25th December 2018
It has been announced in Saudi Arabia, that Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz has passed away. The 87-year-old Prince was the half-brother of King Salman, and it was announced by the Royal Court that prayers would be said for him at the Royal Palace in Riyadh. His son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal announced the family would be accepting condolences from Sunday until Tuesday, between sunset and evening…
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European Royals

Schloss Marienburg, family seat of the Royal House of Hanover, to be sold

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1st December 2018
News has come out of Germany, that Hereditary Prince Ernst-August of Hanover will sell Schloss Marienburg to the part of the State Ministry of Science & Culture for Lower Saxony for a nominal 1 Euro. Though, as part of the same arrangement, the state museum will purchase around two million euro’s worth of the art and furniture so that it may stay in the castle with the Hereditary Prince…
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International royalsSaudi Arabia

Dubai royals meet Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

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28th November 2018
Many of us saw the newspaper pictures from the Grand Prix of the new “King of Formula 1”, Lewis Hamilton meeting the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”, Will Smith. But real royalty was also in attendance at the event, in addition to King Juan Carlos of Spain, Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia took in the Grand Prix as part of a visit to the United Arab Emirates that began last…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles makes Hugh Laurie a CBE

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23rd November 2018
Prince Charles had the honour this week of bestowing a CBE on someone who has played one of his ancestors in the well-known television series Blackadder. As the series chronicled the Blackadder family through the centuries, Hugh Laurie appeared as Prince George, the Prince Regent in Blackadder the Third. Hugh Laurie received his award for services to drama, after having received an OBE in…
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