Spain

Queen Letizia shows support for major medical organisation

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23rd July 2021
Queen Letizia has paid a visit to a meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).She was joined by members of the National Council for the AECC, both in person and via video conference. She delivered a greeting to the Association’s president, Ramón Reyes, and the other attendees. The focus of discussions on this particular occasion was to lay out and celebrate the…
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Spain

Queen Letizia hears of the devastating mental health toll of coronavirus

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22nd July 2021
On Tuesday, Queen Letizia presided over a conference on the impact the pandemic had on mental health throughout the different vulnerable groups of the population. The meeting, which took place in the Audience Room at Zarzuela Palace, included representatives from various associations with which Her Majesty has worked for over a decade: the Spanish Association for Rare Diseases, the Royal…
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Norway

Queen Sonja’s sister-in-law has died

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22nd July 2021
Queen Sonja has lost her sister-in-law. Lis Haraldsen, has died at the age of 87. The death was announced by the Haraldsen family in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.Lis Ingeborg Elder was born in Denmark on 22 August 1933 and married businessman, Haakon Haraldsen…
Denmark

Queen Margrethe’s visit to Greenland postponed

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22nd July 2021
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has recently been on a visit to the Faroe Islands. It was expected and planned that the Queen would then travel on for a visit to Greenland. However, on Tuesday, it was announced that the visit was postponed.Within the past week, Greenland has been affected by several outbreaks of COVID-19, which has necessitated the introduction of a number of restrictions in…
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Belgium

Princess Delphine attends first major public engagement since she became recognised as King Albert's daughter

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21st July 2021
Wednesday July 21st marked the celebration of National Day for Belgium. A holiday that was meant to symbolise hope and a slow return to some semblance of normalcy and that instead has been sobered by the death of 31 people due to intense floods that have hit central Europe. One of the reasons for joy is that the Royal Family has a new member. No, it’s not a baby – it’s Princess…
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