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A look at the Queen Paola Foundation

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9th August 2019
The Queen Paola Foundationwas created in 1992 as an initiative of Belgium’s Queen Paola to promote the integration and training of socially vulnerable youth.Her husband, King Albert II abdicated the throne for health reasons in 2013, but Queen Paola continued to focus on her work with the foundation, which operates autonomously and employs a small team of full-time staff and…
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Spain's royals host reception in the Balearic Islands

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8th August 2019
King Felipe VI of Spain has welcomed politicians, community leaders and high profile members of the local community to a special reception held on Mallorca. The Spanish monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Letizia, and his mother, Queen Sofia, for the event which marks the…
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Queen Máxima to attend launch of National AI Junior course

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8th August 2019
Queen Máxima will attend the launch of the National AI Junior course in Toldijk, which will be the first artificial intelligence course taught to young students in the Netherlands, next month.The National AI Junior course was developed by the National AI Course, FutureNL and UpgradeNL to teach young people the principles of artificial intelligence.The three organisations hope to “make…
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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to King Willem-Alexander

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7th August 2019
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.Princess Carolina was born on28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom…
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King Harald and King Felipe took part a sailing regatta in Mallorca

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6th August 2019
This past weekend two kings met under a common interest. His Majesty King Harald of Norway and His Majesty King Felipe of Spain took part in the sailing regatta “Copa del Rey” in Mallorca, Spain. A total of 14 boats from eight nations, Germany, Spain, Austria, England, Italy, Norway, Russia and Sweden participated in the Club Swan50 class when the Copa Del Rey regatta started on 27 July.
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