Spain

King Felipe is back to business as he backs up NATO exercises in the Baltic

After celebrating the 10th anniversary of his proclamation last week with two days of events and engagements, it was back to business for King Felipe. On Sunday, 23rd June, His Majesty departed for official visits to the three Baltic Republics of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, to “reinforce bilateral relations and visit military operation areas in the three countries”. The…
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Luxembourg

The Grand Ducal Palace of Luxembourg

With Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg’s announcement that he will begin transferring power to his son and heir, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, in October, all eyes will be on Luxembourg City. Where do the Luxembourgish royals live in Luxembourg City? The Luxembourg monarchy is a younger monarchy, as it was established in 1815. It was established as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on…
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Sweden

The royal bride who wore her sister's wedding dress

It was a royal wedding with a recycled gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads back to June 1964 for the wedding of Desiree and Baron Niclas Silfvershiold. The princess was the second of the four sisters of Carl Gustaf of Sweden to marry…
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Spain

A late end to a day of historic celebrations

The day of celebrations for King Felipe’s 10th anniversary of his proclamation ended late on June 19th 2024.  After a solemn guard changing ceremony performed by the Royal Guard, which saw a historic first use of the Throne Room’s balcony to watch over the ceremony, the handing out of honours to 19 prominent members of society, a lunch in their honour that saw the King’s two daughters…
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