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Just like us! Working Queen Máxima gets a call from daughter wanting permission to attend event

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3rd October 2019
Queen Máxima is like any other working mother. While attending events overseas for her role as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), the Queen received a call from one of her daughters who wanted to attend an event. Máxima gave permission, but since she was out of the country, she told her daughter that she was going to have to get the…
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Denmark

Danish Royal Family attends opening of parliament

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3rd October 2019
Yesterday, the Danish Royal Family attended the official opening of the Danish Parliament at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, and Princess Benedikte were received by official members of the Parliament at noon…
Denmark

Crown Princess Mary can now act as regent of Denmark

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2nd October 2019
The Crown Princess of Denmark has been appointed to her country’s Council of State. It means that from now on, Crown Princess Mary can act as regent in Queen Margrethe’s place, if necessary. Currently, the role of regent can be assumed by Mary’s husband, Crown Prince Frederik. Margrethe’s other son, Prince Joachim, and her sister, Princess Benedikte, can also take on the…
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Royalty among the mourners at Jacques Chirac's funeral

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30th September 2019
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg were among the leaders paying their tributes to the former President of France, Jacques Chirac, at his funeral in Paris today. The Earl of Wessex and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark were also among the mourners at the service which took place at Saint-Sulpice Church. Joachim and Marie were representing his mother, Queen…
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In photos: A look at royal engagement rings

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28th September 2019
As Princess Beatrice has announced her engagement to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and revealed her gorgeous diamond engagement ring, we are taking a look at some of the other royal engagement rings presented over the years. The most famous royal engagement ring is, of course, the one once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales which now sits on the Duchess of Cambridge’s left ring finger. It was made by…
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