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Princess Marie makes guest TV appearance on 'Aftenshowet' to talk food waste and World Food Summit

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30th August 2018
As Patron of the 2018 World Food Summit – which she officially opened on Thursday – Princess Marie was a guest on Aftenshowet, Denmark’s biggest evening show, on Monday evening to talk about the summit and the fight against food waste. Screenshot DR1/ Fair Use Princess Marie will make the opening speech at the summit, and when asked what essential messages she would talk about, she said…
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Royal Wedding Flowers: Queen Sonja of Norway

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29th August 2018
The marriage of Harald and Sonja of Norway on August 29th 1968 was a groundbreaking royal wedding. But the bride chose some very traditional blooms for her bouquet while the church where she said ‘I do’ was decked with popular flowers and foliage. As Sonja Haraldsen walked into Oslo Cathedral, she carried a bouquet of white flowers arranged in a simple design. Amongst her posy were freesias…
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King Harald and Queen Sonja's wedding cake

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29th August 2018
Today marks 50 years since then Crown Prince Harald married Sonja Haraldsen, and she became Crown Princess of Norway. The day will be celebrated today with a service in the same church as the wedding took place 50 years ago. However, you could not have a proper royal wedding without a sensational cake. The Crown Prince Couple’s wedding cake was a gift from Oslo’s Baker Society, and it was…
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Belgium

Princess Elisabeth heads to Wales for college

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29th August 2018
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant headed off to Wales to begin college yesterday at the United World College (UWC) Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Belgian Royal Palace posted two images of the future Queen of the Belgians on their Twitter…
Denmark

Who is Prince Nikolai of Denmark?

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28th August 2018
Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik was born on 28 August 1999 at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen to Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. Formally styled as His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, Nikolai is the…
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Princess Astrid to visit Morocco

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28th August 2018
The Belgian Royal Palace announced at the end of last week that Princess Astrid would lead an economic mission to Morocco in November. The mission will run from the 25th to the 30th of November and visit the Moroccan cities of Rabat, Tangier and Casablanca. She will be accompanied by several regional and federal ministers, as well as representatives of the Walloon Agency for Export and Foreign…
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