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Royal Wedding Dresses: Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

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2nd February 2019
On 30 March 2001, Queen Beatrix announced the engagement of her son and heir, Prince Willem-Alexander to the Argentine-born investment banker Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. The couple were married on 2 February 2002. Today, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary! To celebrate, let’s take a look back at Máxima’s stunning wedding ensemble: the…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway opens education centre

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1st February 2019
The Crown Prince of Norway has opened a new learning centre for young people in Gol. The centre, “UngInvest“ has a new department for up to fifteen young people and aims to help more people in the area complete upper secondary education. Crown Prince Haakon was greeted…
BelgiumEuropean Royals

King Albert II of Belgium refuses to give a DNA sample in paternity case

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1st February 2019
King Albert II of Belgium, who abdicated in 2013 in favour of his eldest son, has refused to give a DNA sample in the paternity case of his supposed natural daughter Delphine Boël. Late last year the Court of Appeals in Brussels ordered King Albert to undergo a DNA-test in order to determine if he is the father of Delphine Boël. The King has now decided to take his case to the Court of…
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Denmark

Crown Princess Mary visits Aarhus for a day of events

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1st February 2019
On Wednesday, Crown Princess Mary spent the day in Aarhus to attend several events as patron of European Volunteer Capital Aarhus 2018 and patron of the 2019 Cultural Year between Denmark and South Korea. She first visited Frivillighuset Trøjborg where associations and…
Spain

Queen Letizia attends meeting of Advisory Council of The Urgent Spanish Foundation

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31st January 2019
Queen Letizia attended a meeting of the Advisory Council of The Urgent Spanish Foundation on Tuesday. © Casa de SM el Rey Upon arrival at the Foundation’s headquarters at Fundéu BBVA, Queen Letizia chaired the meeting where the topics consisted of: “issues that generate doubts in the use of the language by the media, such as the gender agreement in construction type ‘one of the/one of…
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Denmark

Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and their children to move to France in the summer

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30th January 2019
The Danish Royal Court announced today that Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and their children Prince Henrik and Princess Athena would move to Paris, France this summer. They will stay in Paris (Princess Marie’s hometown) until Summer 2020. The move comes after Prince Joachim was invited by the French Defence Minister to take part in the highest-ranking French military management training in…
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