Monaco

The curse of the Princely Family of Monaco

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23rd October 2023
The ill-health of Princess Charlene of Monaco in 2021-2022 was just the latest in a series of bad luck for the Princely Family of Monaco, and according to a legend, it is all because of a witch’s curse.Legend has it that the Grimaldi family has been cursed for around 700 years, going back to 14th-century Europe. There are different versions of the story, but the most famous says that a…
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The Netherlands

A set of sapphires with links to a list of queens is the jewel pick of the heir to the Dutch throne

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22nd October 2023
Prince Christian of Denmark’s 18th birthday gala was a landmark event for the young Danish royal. Luckily for royal watchers everywhere, many of the guests wore tiaras and jewels. Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, the Princess of Orange, wore the Dutch Sapphire Necklace Tiara.King Willem III purchased a choker necklace for his wife, Queen Emma, that was made of ten diamonds…
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Spain

Spain's royal family together again ahead of special ceremony

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20th October 2023
Spain’s royal family reunited publicly for the first time in two months as they came together for one of the most important events of their year.Infanta Sofia joined her sister, Leonor, and their parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, in Oviedo as events for the Princess of Asturias awards got under way.Sofia has been in Wales where she’s just begun her two year course at UWC Atlantic…
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Norway

What is the Order of St. Olav?

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18th October 2023
King Harald’s gift to Prince Christian on his 18th birthday this past weekend was the designation as a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav.What is the Order of St. Olav? Let’s discuss.Founded by King Oscar I in 1847, though he reigned as the Sovereign of both Norway and Sweden, the Order of St. Olav was distinctly a Norwegian chivalric order. When the union dissolved in 1905, another…
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