Denmark

Crown Princess Mary's words of support for other bereaved children and adults are heard worldwide

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20th October 2016
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was just 26-years-old when her mother, Henrietta Norton passed away from a heart condition on 20 November 1997. She recently comforted a 15-year-old girl named Mads Knudsen Topp, who lost her father three years ago. Mads has been receiving help from the Children, Youth and Mourning organisation, which focuses on giving advice to children who have lost  a parent…
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Denmark

New Photographs show Danish Princely family in Greenlandic dress

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18th October 2016
As recognition of their forthcoming copper anniversary, 12.5 years of marriage, Post Greenland have released stamps this week of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary together with their family in the traditional Greenlandic dress. The pictures were taken by Steen Brogaard, and examples of the pictures and other pictures of the children at play have been released on the Danish Royal…
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Spain

Queen Sofia of Spain presented with Mano Amiga Award for her work in fighting Alzheimer's

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15th October 2016
Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain was presented with the Mano Amiga award for her work in fighting Alzheimer’s disease. The award is handed out to those who have personally dedicated their time and effort for decades in raising awareness and funds for research. © Casa de S.M. el Rey Dr. Pablo Martinez-Lage was also given the award for his involvement in research of the disease and the early…
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Spain

Spanish royals commemorate National Day

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12th October 2016
The 12th of October is the National Day holiday, or Fiesta Nacional de España, in Spain. It is held each year on this date to commemorate Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on behalf of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492. Eugene Delacroix painting…
Monaco

A Visit To The Kremlin For Monaco’s Prince Albert

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9th October 2016
Prince Albert II of Monaco paid a visit to Russia on 6 October to mark the tenth anniversary of renewed diplomatic relations between Monaco and Russia. He had an audience with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Afterwards the two heads of state opened the exhibition “The Romanovs and the Grimaldis: Three Centuries of History”, which is being shown at the State Tretyakov Gallery…
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