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This Week in Royal Fashion: Sophie in India, Kate at Anna Freud Centre and Danish royals at birthday gala

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4th May 2019
This week we saw glittering gowns in Denmark, a familiar style for Kate at the Anna Freud Centre, and an array of colourful outfits as the Countess of Wessex toured India. Let’s take a look at the fashion highlights: Danish royals at Princess Benedikte’s birthday party Queen Margrethe of Denmark hosted a 75th birthday party for her sister, Princess Benedikte, on Monday. The Princess…
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European Royals

Prince Jean of France welcomed France and Italy's president to his home

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3rd May 2019
French media could this week report that on Thursday, Prince Jean of France welcomed the presidents of both France and Italy to his home, Amboise Castle. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron were warmly welcomed by the prince and his family. One of the three current pretenders to the French throne, Prince Jean was joined on the occasion by his wife, Princess Philomena, and two of their children, Prince…
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Queen Margrethe sends congratulations to Emperor Naruhito

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2nd May 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has sent a congratulatory message to Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito after his ascension to the throne on 1 May after the abdication of his 85-year-old father, Emperor Akihito abdicated on 30 April. The Queen of Denmark said: His Majesty Emperor Naruhito, On the occasion of Your Majesty’s accession to the throne of Japan, please accept my sincere congratulations…
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Norway

King Harald visits Marker and Skiptvet

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1st May 2019
King Harald of Norway visited the two municipalities of Skiptvedt and Marker in Østfold County, in the southeast of the country on Tuesday. The King began his visit to Skiptvedt at the local kindergarten at the village of Lindormen. Here the king was welcomed by several…
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Queen Wilhelmina’s war time plan for Belgium’s royals

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1st May 2019
By the end of the Second World War, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis to save the Belgian royal family, according to newly published diaries of her foreign minister. By March 1945, both Belgium and the south of the Netherlands had been liberated by King Leopold III of the Belgians and his family were being held captive in Austria and it was feared that the…
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