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The promise of the future meets the shadow of the past: Spain's royal year dominated by a former monarch and a queen in waiting

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31st December 2021
If the theme of 2020 for Spain’s royals was the shadow of the past catching up with them, then the family began 2021 with their focus firmly on the future. With King Juan Carlos several thousand miles from Madrid, there were moments when the controversies around him seemed almost forgotten as the young princess who is in line to inherit the throne he helped recreate stepped into the…
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The Netherlands

A look back at the Dutch royal year

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30th December 2021
January Our coverage of the Dutch Royal Family began with a look back at the wedding of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, continued with the news that King Willem-Alexander would accept the Prime Minister’s resignation, and also included the report that Countess Eloise (daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien) was writing a book. King Willem-Alexander and Queen…
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Denmark

A look back at the Danish royal year

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29th December 2021
January Queen Margrethe began the New Year with a poignant speech, urging us all to “Not lose heart” over the ongoing pandemic. As the Danish Royal Family is renowned for their New Year’s and New Year’s Eve events, the team here at Royal Central looked back at…
Norway

A look back at the Norwegian royal year

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29th December 2021
January King Harald set the tone for the year with his New Year’s Eve speech, noting: “The hope will carry us all into 2021.” Sadly, 2021 began on a sad note for the Norwegian Royal Family. They paid a visit to Gjerdrum, the site of a devastating landslide shortly before the New Year. But history was also made in January 2021: King Harald marked 30 years on the Norwegian…
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Sweden

Swedish royals' year brought a reunion and new family member

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27th December 2021
The Swedish Royal Family had a peaceful 2021 (global health crisis notwithstanding) that saw a reunion of the family after travel restrictions prevented movement between Sweden and the United States and the birth of a new prince. January The King got his COVID-19 vaccine while the Royal Court issued an update on Princess Sofia’s pregnancy. Crown Princess Victoria was as busy as ever…
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