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Ukraine’s President and First Lady meet royals in Sweden and Denmark

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21st August 2023
The Ukrainian Presidential Couple has paid visits to several European countries over the past couple of days to strengthen ties and support and spent two days with the Danish Royal Family. President Zelenskyy and First Lady Zelenska arrived in Denmark on Sunday afternoon, marking their first official visit to the Scandinavian country. The Danish Royal Family’s Instagram account stated that…
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Sweden

Why King Carl Gustaf has 16 in his name

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21st August 2023
Why does King Carl Gustaf of Sweden have the number 16 Roman numerals in between his two names? King Carl XVI Gustaf means that the current monarch is the 16th ruler to use the name Carl (or Charles). However, there haven’t actually been 16 monarchs to use the…
Spain

Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofia celebrate with Spain after famous World Cup win

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20th August 2023
Queen Letizia has helped present the World Cup trophy to Spain after a famous win in Sydney and ended up in the middle of a soccer scrum as celebrations continued. The Queen of Spain attended the final with her younger daughter, Infanta Sofia. They cheered as Spain beat England 1-0 in the final at Stadium Australia. Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofia commiserate with England at the…
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Norway

Norway's Crown Princess turns 50

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19th August 2023
Just a few weeks after Crown Prince Haakon marked his 50th birthday, his wife, Mette-Marit, is celebrating her 50 years of life. Who is the next commoner queen who was once controversial but is now beloved by all of Norway? Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby was born on 19…
Sweden

The Swedish monarch and the Nobels

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18th August 2023
While each royal family has annual ceremonial events that they are known for, the Swedish Royal Family has a yearly event that is publicised around the globe. Each year, the Swedish Royal Family takes part in the Nobel Prize award ceremonies. The Nobel Award Prize…
Spain

Spain's future queen looks emotional as she leaves family to start military training

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17th August 2023
After much anticipation, Princess Leonor has entered the General Military Academy in Zaragoza to kickstart her three-year-long military training programme in the Army.  At 12pm on Thursday, 17th August, the Princess of Asturias arrived at the designated drop-off point accompanied by her family: King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofía. The royals had landed about 30 minutes earlier at…
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Norway

The 'Queen's Empty House' and one of Europe's most beloved kings

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15th August 2023
It was a quiet country house, described by several who knew it as ‘’little’’ and a ‘’pied a terre’, given as a wedding present to a royal couple who were expected to linger on the fringes of regal life. Yet on July 2nd 1903, it became the birthplace of one of…
Norway

Crown Prince Haakon visits flood-affected areas

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14th August 2023
Norway has been hit by the worst floods in over 20 years. Last week, King Harald and Queen Sonja visited flood victims in Eastern Norway. Now Crown Prince Haakon has also shown his support for those who have been evacuated and have lost their homes. The visit began meeting evacuees at the Klækken hotel. They were eating in the dining room when the Crown Prince arrived. Klækken is located…
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