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OBITUARY: The Dowager Duchess of Grafton, the Queen's most senior Lady-in-Waiting, who has died aged 101

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5th December 2021
The Dowager Duchess of Grafton was born on 24thFebruary 1920 into an aristocratic family of Barons, financiers, and of the banking dynasty Smith’s Bank of Nottingham (founded in 1658 by Thomas Smith). Born Ann Fortune Smith, Her Grace married Hugh FitzRoy, the then Earl of Euston, on 12thOctober 1946 after meeting him at a ball on his family’s ancestral home of the Euston estate…
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Sapphires for September: The Dutch Royal Collection

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5th September 2021
The Dutch Sapphire Necklace Tiara [getty src=”495453309″ width=”594″ height=”428″ tld=”ca”] This is one of the smaller, but no less opulent tiaras in the Dutch Royal Family’s collection. Created from a sapphire necklace; and previously-owned jewellery within their collection, the pieces date back to the time of Queen Emma (who owned a…
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What to expect for Prince Julian of Sweden's christening

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9th August 2021
In less than a week’s time, Prince Julian of Sweden will be baptised and become a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. This will be the first official gathering of all the members of the Swedish Royal Family in more than a year. Here’s everything you need to know about the christening of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s eighth grandchild. The ceremony On Saturday…
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Queen Margrethe and the Faroe Islands

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14th July 2021
Later this week, Queen Margrethe will visit the Faroe Islands aboard the Royal Yacht Dannebrog in her role as queen of the North Atlantic islands. Ahead of her visit, let’s take a look at Queen Margrethe’s history with the Faroe Islands. It was officially confirmed in…
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Diana, 60 Years: The church where Diana was christened

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1st July 2021
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born on this day in 1961. On 30 August of that year, she was christened in St Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham, a place of worship that has enjoyed a long relationship with the Royal Family she would later join. Let’s take a look at the history of this historic church. St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham is listed as a Grade II building, meaning that…
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