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A look at Scandinavia's royal Olympians

With the Olympics underway, let’s take a look at the Scandinavian royals and their connection to the Olympics. Although there haven’t been that many Scandinavian royal competitors, these families are very closely intertwined with the Olympics. Sweden There haven’t been any Swedish Royal Family members who’ve competed in the Olympics, but King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia met at the…
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Spain

King Felipe presides meeting with autonomic leaders to discuss economic recovery

On Friday, King Felipe of Spain travelled to Salamanca to preside over a meeting with regional presidents and leaders. The conference was instituted in 2004 and has gathered regularly ever since, with the last in-person meeting having been on the 31st of July 2020 to discuss a common strategy to tackle the recovery after the country had spent months in lockdown at the time.  The meeting saw…
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Spain

King Felipe travels to Peru for President Castillo's inauguration

On Tuesday and Wednesday, King Felipe travelled to Lima to represent Spain at the inauguration of Peru’s President-elect Pedro Castillo. His Majesty departed from Madrid Barajas Airport on board the state aeroplane, on which also travelled the State Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbeans and for Spanish in the World, Juan Fernández Trigo. At his arrival at El Callao Air Base, in…
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Romania

Romania’s royals open King Michael's car workshop to the public

Romania’s royals have opened a whole visitor experience attraction at the Savarsin castle. The car workshop of King Michael I was opened to the public last week. The inauguration took place in the presence of Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, and her husband, Prince Radu. Also in attendance was the Mayor of Savarsin, Ion Vodicean. King Michael’s car workshop…
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