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Royal Wedding Rewind: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

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14th May 2020
Theirs sounds like a love affair out of a romantic comedy: at the Slip Inn pub in Sydney, Australia, a crown prince meets a sales executive during the Summer Olympics. He doesn’t reveal his identity straight away, and she has no idea of the secret he’s keeping. Then, he reveals the truth and they begin a relationship that three years later leads to the biggest royal wedding in Denmark in…
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Romania

Romania’s government gives its Royal Family free use of Elisabeta Palace

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13th May 2020
The Romanian Royal Family has been given free use of Elisabeta Palace for the next half century. This news was published last Sunday by the prime minister of the Romanian republic, Ludovic Orban. The white palace, just outside the city centre of the Romanian capital Buchares,t has served as the headquarters of the Romanian Royal Family since the fall of communism. In 2001, the Romanian Senate…
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Norway

Queen Sonja thanks Norway's nurses

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13th May 2020
On Tuesday this week the world celebrated International Nursing Day. Queen Sonja was actually set to attend a seminar in Oslo on May 12, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing. The coronavirus…
Denmark

Prince Joachim and his family move back to France

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12th May 2020
Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and their children, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena, have moved back to Paris. The Danish Royal Court confirmed the move earlier this week. It comes only a few weeks following the last statement that says that the family would move back to…
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Margaretha, Custodian of the Crown of Romania releases statement on important national holiday

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12th May 2020
Her Majesty Margaretha, Custodian of the Crown of Romania issued on Sunday a statement to the people of Romania on Moldova.  Her Majesty said: “Today is the national holiday of May 10. Every year, the Elisabeta Palace opens its doors wide to thousands of Romanians, people from the Republic of Moldova and in all corners of the world. Unfortunately, this year we cannot do the same. We are…
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Luxembourg

Princes Gabriel and Noah excited to meet new baby cousin

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11th May 2020
Princes Gabriel and Noah, 14 and 12 respectively, are excited to meet their new baby cousin, Prince Charles, when the restrictions for COVID-19 are lifted and it’s safe to do so. Prince Charles is the first child of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie, who was born yesterday morning in Luxembourg. Baby Charles is now second in line to the throne and…
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