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#MonarchsAt20 - how our queens and kings used to look

It’s all the rage at this stage of lockdown. People are posting photos of themselves at the age of twenty across social media and reflecting on how things used to be. Many of the throwbacks appear to involve bad perms and rather lurid clothes while some show that we all seemed to look older in the 70s no matter what age we actually were. In the spirit of fun, and with a royal version of the…
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BelgiumEuropean Royals

Philippe at 60: The King of the Belgians

As King Philippe celebrates his 60th birthday, let’s look back at another important day in his life: 21 July 2013, the day he became King of the Belgians. Prince Philippe was born 15 April 1960, the eldest son of Prince Albert and Princess Paola in the reign of his uncle, King Baudouin. Albert succeeded to the throne in 1993 when his older brother died without an heir. Philippe was now first…
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Dear aunt Daisy... European royals record touching message for Queen Margrethe

Even though the grand celebrations for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s 80th birthday have been cancelled, royals from all over Europe recorded a message for their “aunt Daisy.” See the video below and you read a transcript underneath: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his wife Silvia kicked off the video with the words, “Dear Daisy and cousin, Us from Sweden…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe enjoys a birthday serenade for her 80th

It’s not often you get to see a monarch in their dressing gown. However, as Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s 80th birthday got under way, that’s just what happened. At the start of her special day, the Danish ruler was snapped as she hopped out of bed for a special song to mark the occasion. Queen Margrethe was photographed enjoying the start of her celebrations in the historic…
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