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On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day - four royals stripped of their titles in major shake-up

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1st January 2023
Four members of the Danish Royal Family woke up with new titles this morning after Queen Margrethe’s shock decision to remove her grandchildren’s titles came into effect. As of today, all four children of Prince Joachim—Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena—are to be known as Count and Countess of Monpezat after Queen Margrethe decided to remove their prince/princess titles. In…
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New gala portraits released in Denmark to close out the Jubilee year

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29th December 2022
Two new gala portraits have been released in Denmark to close out Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee year. One photograph features the Queen with her two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, and their wives, Crown Princess Mary and Princess Marie. The second photo is just of Queen Margrethe with her heir and his spouse.  Per Morten Abrahamsen © Both images were taken…
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Rare royal tiara sold at auction

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7th December 2022
A total of six pieces of jewellery that have directly belonged to the Danish royal family have been auctioned. It is rare for jewellery that has directly belonged to members of the Danish royal family to be offered for sale at auction. On December 1st 2022, six pieces of…
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The Queen of Denmark celebrates her Golden Jubilee during a visit to London

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7th December 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark attended a celebratory service at the Danish Church, also called St. Katharine’s, in London to commemorate her Golden Jubilee. Queen Margrethe, who marked 50 years on the throne this year, visited the church on Sunday, 4 December. The Danish priest of the church thanked the Queen for the church’s chasuble, the outer garment worn by clergy during…
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How Danish royals celebrate Christmas

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2nd December 2022
The Danish Royal Family are some of the most open when it comes to details on how they celebrate the Christmas holidays. Ahead of the festive season, they always send out a press release about their Christmas plans. The Danish royals spend the holiday at Marselisborg…
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Danish royals kickstart the countdown to Christmas with adorable digital advent calendar

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2nd December 2022
As it has been now a tradition for some years, the Danish Royal Household has created a “digital” advent calendar, each year with a different theme. 2022 was no exception, and as December began, the first post was created.  This year, it consists of a video of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary’s twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, creating a candle…
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