BelgiumEuropean Royals

Belgium's modern royal weddings

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5th September 2022
As Princess Maria Laura of Belgium prepares to marry her British investment banker fiancé William Isvy in Brussels, her nuptials become the latest Belgian royal wedding. There’s a short history of modern royal weddings in Belgium: only four have occurred since 1980.Today, let’s look at the previous Belgian royal weddings to see if we can find any hints at what’s to come.Princess…
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Spain

Another princess to head to military school

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4th September 2022
Another princess and heir to the throne is set to head to military school like her European counterparts.Spain’s Princess Leonor, 16, will undergo military training after leaving the Atlantic College in Wales. She will graduate from the Welsh school in 2023.
Norway

King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon resume joint agenda after the holidays

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4th September 2022
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway made a joint appearance on the Royal Palace’s balcony to greet a military parade. But it wasn’t just any military event; it was the annual performance of the 3rd Guard Company, which consists of about 130 military personnel, who are recruited at the beginning of autumn and train during autumn and winter, to then leave for concerts, exhibitions…
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Belgium

New details of this autumn's big royal wedding revealed

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3rd September 2022
The wedding dress, the bridal party and the music to be played were all up for debate as fresh details of Europe’s biggest royal wedding of the year were shared.With just over a week to go until Belgium’s Princess Maria Laura marries William Isvy in Brussels, the plans for both their civil and religious ceremonies were discussed as the bride’s parents spoke to the press about…
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DenmarkEuropean Royals

Crown Princess Mary opens new UN exhibit

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2nd September 2022
Crown Princess Mary has officially opened a new UN exhibition, 2030 NOW, to highlight the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in Sønderborg.The exhibit aims to show “what kind of world the UN’s 17 global goals can lead to find we each, and together, make an effort to…
European RoyalsNorway

Crown Princess Mette-Marit oversees tribute to victims of Nazis

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2nd September 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a solemn ceremony in Oslo as ‘memorial stones’ were placed in the street to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.The stones, placed along the Akershusstranda, represent the victims of Nazism and are set in places where those victims once lived before their deportation and death.“The passers-by who discover the stones become aware of…
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