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Who is Princess Madeleine of Sweden?

As she marks her 40th birthday today, learn more about the youngest child of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden: She was born Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine on 10 June 1982 at Drottningholm Palace in Drottningholm, Sweden, as the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia‘s three children. She is the only one of the King and Queen’s children that Carl Gustaf…
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Platinum Jubilee: The Queen's Brooches, New and Old

Symbolism abounds this week during the Platinum Jubilee. The jewellery on display is no exception and no one does messaging through jewels better than the Queen herself. For Trooping the Colour, a ceremony steeping in tradition, Queen Elizabeth led the way by wearing her Brigade of Guards brooch. Worn for every Trooping since 1987, except three, this could be the Queen’s way of telling…
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The stars who will take part in the Platinum Party

Star-studded royalty will show up for the true royal, Queen Elizabeth II, this weekend at her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London. Musical guests from Diana Ross and Queen to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alicia Keys will be on hand to perform their hits for the anniversary. Dame Julie Andrews will appear at the Platinum Party at the Palace. Andrews, who has played royalty on screen…
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The little known Jubilee tradition which has just linked Elizabeth II to Victoria

There are many traditions associated with Jubilee celebrations and a rather special, if lesser known, one has just linked Britain’s second Jubilee Queen to its first. A hebe bush at Bishops Gardens in Norwich grew from a sprig taken from Queen Victoria’s wedding bouquet. Now, every time her great, great granddaughter marks a Jubilee, cuttings from that same bush are taken and sent…
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