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Romance, tragedy and intrigue - the dramatic stories of the royal Christmas Eve babies

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22nd December 2021
The Christmas story begins, of course, with a baby and there’s something about a Christmas birthday that makes it all the more interesting, even if mean relatives do double up on presents. Some of the most intriguing royal stories of all have begun on Christmas Eve, leading to lives filled with romance, tragedy and drama.King John of EnglandLet’s start with the birth of a king.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf travels to Dubai to visit Expo

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16th December 2021
King Carl XVI Gustaf travelled to Dubai to take a tour of the Swedish pavilion at the 2020 Expo, which got pushed to 2021 for health safety reasons. His Majesty arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, 15 December, accompanied by a delegation composed of the Minister of Foreign Trade and a trade delegation of Swedish entrepreneurs.Upon his arrival at the World Expo, the…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima congratulate Max Verstappen on F1 World Championship win

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13th December 2021
It has been one of the most intense Formula 1 seasons in memory, with Dutchman Max Verstappen, who drives for Red Bull, inching closer and closer to British Lewis Hamilton over the last few laps of the competition that determined the winner of the 2021 world championships. It was a bizarre day on Abu Dhabi’s asphalt. Right from the beginning, the competition’s director, Michael…
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The princess who helped build the bank at Monte Carlo

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10th December 2021
Born on 28 September 1828, Antoinette Ghislaine de Merode was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Count Werner deMerode and Countess Victoire de Spangen d’Uyternesse.The day she turned 18, a “golden-haired” Antoinette married Prince Charles III of Monaco on 28 September 1846 in a double wedding in Brussels with her older sister, Louise, who married Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo…
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