OpinionQueen Elizabeth II

Opinion: Should The Queen be sending a national day message to the North Korean ruler?

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15th September 2021
Buckingham Palace confirmed yesterday that The Queen had sent a message to North Korea as they celebrated their national holiday. This came after North Korean state television, KCNA, revealed that Her Majesty had sent a telegram to the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on 7 September.They claimed: “Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
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Sapphires for September: the British Royal Collection

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12th September 2021
Today we’re looking at some of the beautiful sapphire pieces in the British Royal Family’s collection.The Belgian Sapphire Tiara[getty src=”493453252″ width=”594″ height=”418″ tld=”ca”]Queen Elizabeth purchased a sapphire necklace from the collection of Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1963 to add to a set of sapphires…
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BelgiumFeatures

Is the quiet retirement of Belgium's Queen Paola about to get more interesting?

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11th September 2021
Queen Paola of Belgium is marking her 84th birthday quietly but she is set to tell her own story for the first time since it was confirmed that her husband, King Albert, fathered a child outside of marriage.Earlier this year, newspaper Nieuwsblad, broke the exclusive that Brussels Screen Film Fund had secured an interview with Queen Paola. While the contents of the interview aren’t…
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History

The English Queens of France

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10th September 2021
On an autumn day, over 500 years ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, marriedthe French king, Louis XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in Northern France transformed Mary into the Queen of France. No other English princess held that title after…
FeaturesPrince & Princess of Wales

Prince William's career as an air ambulance pilot

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10th September 2021
The second week of September is when the UK marks Air Ambulance Week (AAW.) For 2021, the week takes place from 6th to the 12th of September and is a chance for air ambulance charities across the UK to come together to deliver the vital message, “every second counts and every penny matters.” In honour of the 2021 Air Ambulance Week, Royal Central is taking a look at the Duke of…
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