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A Calendar of Queens: January

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1st January 2022
The royal past is peppered with milestones, those major moments that take on an importance all of their own, and Britain’s queens have provided plenty of history worth talking about. From the reigns that started to the rules that came to an end, from the happy arrivals to the sad farewells, we look at the queenly events that took place in the first month of the year. A Calendar of…
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The royal events we can look forward to in 2022

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31st December 2021
It promises to be a very busy royal year with plenty to look forward to over the coming twelve months. There’s not one but two jubilees as well as a host of big birthdays and wedding anniversaries and that’s before anyone steps outside a palace and gets busy. As…
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The Royal 2021: the moments that linger

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31st December 2021
It was, once more, a royal year like no other. As 2021 winds to a close, fading to nothing more than memories, many moments remain, but some linger more than others. The past twelve months have proved challenging for everyone, royalty included, and amongst the joy has been…
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The promise of the future meets the shadow of the past: Spain's royal year dominated by a former monarch and a queen in waiting

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31st December 2021
If the theme of 2020 for Spain’s royals was the shadow of the past catching up with them, then the family began 2021 with their focus firmly on the future. With King Juan Carlos several thousand miles from Madrid, there were moments when the controversies around him seemed almost forgotten as the young princess who is in line to inherit the throne he helped recreate stepped into the…
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Are Infantas Elena and Cristina travelling to Abu Dhabi for King Juan Carlos' birthday?

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29th December 2021
While over the past few weeks speculation was set on King Juan Carlos I of Spain spending the Christmas season and his birthday in Spain, it seems like plans may have changed. Spanish magazine Semana reports that Infantas Elena and Cristina, the two daughters of King Juan Carlos and sisters of the current King Felipe, have made plans to travel to Abu Dhabi, where their father has been living…
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The two weddings of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

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27th December 2021
It was a royal union that changed England forever. The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn followed years of legal wrangling by the king which led to a religious revolution and an international controversy. When they said ‘I do’, they did so in secret but five centuries on, the question remains – how many clandestine ceremonies did Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn take part in?Their union…
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