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Anxieties rise as The Queen’s health takes another turn - but how worried should we be?

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14th November 2021
The Queen has been forced to miss the National Service of Remembrance at Whitehall for the first time in years after suffering a sprained back. Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty would no longer attend the event just hours before it was due to go ahead. Her absence comes a month after doctors first advised her to rest and has raised fresh concerns about The Queen’s health. A…
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Asian RoyalsHistory

What happened to the Korean monarchy?

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12th November 2021
When you think of Asian monarchies, Japan, Bhutan, and Thailand come to mind. However, Korea was once a monarchy, as well. A united Korean Empire (before the Korean War that led to the split into North and South Korea) existed from October 1897 until Korea was annexed by Japan in August 1910. Before that, the Joseon Dynasty reigned over Korea (under the Great Joseon State) from July 1392 until…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Guillaume and Stéphanie of Luxembourg

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11th November 2021
On 19 October, the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg will mark eight years since the civil marriage of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume with Belgian-born Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. Their religious marriage took place the following day. The couple, who announced their engagement on 26 April 2012, tied the knot at Luxembourg City Hall where the then Mayor of Luxembourg City, Xavier Bettel…
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Marie Antoinette's diamonds sell for millions at auction

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11th November 2021
Jewels belonging to the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette, have gone up for auction in Geneva and sold for several times more than the original estimate. Marie Antoinette sent two diamond bracelets to a former Austrian ambassador in Brussels for safekeeping and is thought to have even wrapped the bracelets in cotton cloths and packed them in a wooden box to keep them…
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