Spain

The queen who had to attend her wedding reception in a blood spattered gown

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22nd September 2023
A century ago, the woman who reigned as Spanish consort had more than her fair share of problems. She was Victoria Eugenie, known as Ena, and her first day as a queen began in a terrifying manner. Ena perhaps realized the turbulence ahead of her just minutes after her wedding. She walked into the Royal Monastery of San Jeronimo in Madrid on May 21st 1906 as a princess and left as a queen having…
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Spain

Spain's royals share behind-the-scenes glimpses of Princess Leonor's military training

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21st September 2023
The Spanish Royal Family shared an update on Princess Leonor’s military training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza. Accompanied by a carousel of images showing the future queen’s training, the Spanish Royal House shared that Princess Leonor has passed basic training and will continue with her education and training at a more advanced level. The Spanish Royal House revealed that…
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Norway

New building to open at Queen Sonja's Art Stable

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19th September 2023
In connection with Queen Sonja’s 80th birthday the Queen Sonja Art Stable was opened in Oslo. Located just beside the Royal Palace the Art Stable has now for many years been an exhibition hall for royal history and modern art. Now a new building is part of the complex. After several years of restoration, the Castle’s historic riding house is opened to the public in Oslo. The venue…
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Greece

A romantic royal wedding that led to a partnership that survived the fall of a crown and exile

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18th September 2023
It was a marriage that sealed a famous love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th 1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark’s romance went on to weather political crises and exile and endured until his death in early 2023. And it had…
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