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Happy Birthday, Crown Princess Victoria! - 41 Facts about the Swedish Royal on Her Birthday!

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14th July 2017
Today marks the 41st birthday of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. To celebrate, 41 facts are below! Happy Birthday, Your Royal Highness! When she was born, she was only styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria. After the birth of her younger brother, Prince Carl Philip, the law of succession was changed in Sweden to absolute primogeniture. This meant Carl Philip’s title of Crown…
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Will Her Majesty be absent from The Queen's Speech?

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12th June 2017
It has been confirmed that this year’s Queen’s Speech has been delayed by a few days due to the Conservative Party failing to reach an agreement with Northern Ireland’s DUP. If an agreement cannot be made, then it is likely that The Queen’s Speech will not be passed resulting in another General Election. But by delaying the speech, Her Majesty will inevitably have to miss…
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Who is Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones?

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14th May 2017
Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones is the daughter of David, 2nd Earl of Snowden. She was born on 14 May 2002, like many of the modern royals at the Portland Hospital; her first two names reflect her grandmother, Princess Margaret, and her paternal great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Both sadly passed just before her birth, the name Rose was apparently picked by…
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Looking Back at the Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones

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6th May 2017
On 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret became the first royal to marry in a televised ceremony when she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in a glittering service at Westminster Abbey. Princess Margaret had been linked to several beaus, most notably her father’s and sister’s former equerry, Peter Townsend. After a tumultuous period of will-they-won’t-they, their relationship ended on 31…
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