Luxembourg

Hereditary Grand Ducal couple of Luxembourg visits business that provided backdrop for their wedding

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23rd October 2021
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg visited the “Art Glaziers Bauer & Rathmann” atelier on Thursday, 21 October, alongside Tom Oberweis, President of the Chamber of Trades.  The couple represents the fourth generation of royals to visit the business, and they were welcomed and given a tour by current managers Sandrine Bauer and Matthias…
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Spain

Leonor presents Princess of Asturias Awards

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23rd October 2021
This time in October marks an important one in Spain, one that sees the eyes of the world turn to the small principality in the north of Spain that gives its name to the heir to the throne. Princess Leonor has made her way back to Spain for her autumn break, in time…
Belgium

King Philippe sits for military briefing

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23rd October 2021
King Philippe of the Belgians visited the Defence Staff “Reine Elisabeth” quarters on Thursday, 21 October, for a routine update on the operations currently underway in various parts of the world that involve the Belgian Armed Forces.  His Majesty was welcomed with…
Belgium

Queen Mathilde visits middle school to promote UN's Sustainable Development Goals

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23rd October 2021
Queen Mathilde visited Da Vinci College (which, in French, means middle school) to meet with students of the last year to illustrate the SDGs, her role as Advocate and, more generally, the institution and function of the United Nations.  The anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations falls on the 24th of October, and, to celebrate, albeit belatedly, the 75th anniversary, the UN has…
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Spain

King Juan Carlos of Spain was ‘injected with female hormones' as his 'sex drive was a danger to the state'

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21st October 2021
A former police chief has claimed that Spain’s disgraced and exiled king, Juan Carlos, was injected with female hormones by the Spanish Secret Service because his sex drive was seen as a danger to the state. José Manuel Villarejo, a former police commissioner, is on trial for blackmail and corruption, and made the allegation during a parliamentary hearing. According to The Times…
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Sweden

Princess Christina given one of Sweden's highest honours

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21st October 2021
Princess Christina of Sweden served as first lady of the Kingdom of Sweden from the death of her mother, Princess Sibylla, in 1972 until her brother married Queen Silvia in 1976. At a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm this week, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf presented his sister Princess Christina with His Majesty the King’s Medal of the twelfth size with diamonds in a…
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