Sweden

The princess whose wedding dress was still being sewn as the church bells rang for her marriage

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21st February 2025
Written for Royal Central by Laura Dekkers Princess Madeleine’s wedding dress is one of the most celebrated of recent royal weddings. The bride herself talked openly about how her wedding dress was designed. The Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani had asked her if he could create her dress. And the princess said the meetings with the designer were “rather…
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Spain

King Felipe's reaction to modern art is priceless and pretty hard to hide

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13th February 2025
The King of Spain has seen some of the most elaborate modern art on show in his country – and his face was a picture. As Felipe VI was shown an extravagantly decorated piano, he seemed rather unsure of the overall effect. He looked equally surprised, if not a little confused, by another installation featuring pink glass. The pieces are part of a brand new display at the Liria Palace in…
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Features

The accession of Queen Elizabeth II

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6th February 2025
The historic reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw many milestones. But perhaps one is the most important – not just of her reign but of modern British history. It is the moment of her accession. On February 6th 1952, in the early hours, King George VI died in his sleep at Sandringham. No one knows the exact time he passed away. He was found, by a valet, at around 7.30 that morning and a…
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Denmark

The heir and the spare who couldn't stop telling a brand new king they loved him

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14th January 2025
As their father prepared to step out in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people, some young royals had only one thing on their mind. Sensing how nervous their papa was feeling, they made sure the last words he heard before this moment of history was ”we love you”. In brand new footage released by the Danish Royal House to mark a year since the king’s accession…
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