Monaco

Monaco to open exhibit celebrating Prince Rainier's life on what would've been his 100th birthday

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30th May 2023
The Principality of Monaco is set to host a special exhibition commemorating the centenary of the birth of one of its most influential sovereigns, Prince Rainier III.  The exhibition will retell the story of Prince Rainier’s life, from birth until his death, through images, videos and objects that are felt to represent those eras bests.  The late sovereign’s story will be told through…
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King Charles IIISweden

Royal Relations: how Charles III is linked to Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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29th May 2023
The link between the two monarchs goes back to Queen Victoria, who is the great-great-great-grandmother to King Charles (through his mother, Queen Elizabeth II) and great-great-grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf through both his mother and father through two of Victoria’s sons, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Queen Victoria’s eldest son…
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Royals and the Fight Against ALS

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28th May 2023
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurological disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot discovered the disease in 1869. In 1939, ALS became well-known after Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees’ first baseman from 1923-1939, was diagnosed with the disease at the Mayo Clinic, which ended his baseball…
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Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel celebrate Sweden's oldest high school

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26th May 2023
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden celebrated the 400th-anniversary country’s first high school. On 24 May, the couple travelled to Västerås, in the southwest of the country. The city is considered one of Sweden’s industrial bedrocks and is especially renowned for its strength in the motor vehicle industry.  Their first stop was the city’s cathedral, where they were…
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