Luxembourg

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg pulls out of State Visit due to illness

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23rd May 2023
The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg is to miss the State Visit of the President of Cape Verde after being diagnosed with covid.Grand Duchess Maria Teresa tested positive for the virus soon after returning from the Cannes Film Festival. Presently, she is experiencing symptoms associated with the virus. As a precautionary measure, she will not be able to participate in the upcoming state visit of…
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King Charles IIIMonaco

The unhappy royal bride who links King Charles III and Prince Albert of Monaco

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19th May 2023
While some links between royal houses are well known and rather close, others are a little more distant and perhaps all the more interesting for that. And although the links between Albert II and Charles III might be stretched, they are still there.The connection between the House of Windsor and the House of Grimaldi begins in the 19th century when Albert I, Prince of Monaco married a British…
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Belgium

Princess Elisabeth to undergo summer training with the military

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19th May 2023
Princess Elisabeth will spend part of her summer at a military camp, the Belgian Royal Palace announced earlier this week.The future queen, currently studying at Oxford in the United Kingdom, will take part in a military training camp after learning to use a new version of the Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle at a training weekend in March.The Belgian Royal Palace announced…
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King Charles IIIThe Netherlands

Royal Relations: how Charles III is linked to King Willem-Alexander

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17th May 2023
King Charles III is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.Princess Carolina was born on28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom she…
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