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A (blown) kiss that made history: King Felipe at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

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4th August 2021
Nowadays, it is difficult to see royals competing in Olympic Games, and, with the Tokyo Summer Games underway, here is a look back at King Felipe’s history with this event. Let’s rewind the clock back to the 25th of July 1992, in the city of Barcelona. The Catalonian capital had been selected six years prior to host the Summer Games, in what was to be the last time both the Summer and…
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A year on: the exile of King Juan Carlos

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3rd August 2021
On the afternoon of August 3rd 2020, a simple letter was sent to the King of Spain. In it, the man who had once ruled the country told his successor that he was leaving to protect the monarchy. By the time that letter was made public, Juan Carlos I of Spain had gone into…
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The historic castle of Emperor Frederick

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3rd August 2021
On top of a small hill in southern Italy is a completely unique building with a long royal history. Castel del Monte, Italian for “Castle of the Mountain,” is a 13th-century citadel situated by the village of Andria.The history of this unique building started in the 1240s when King Frederick II inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. Frederick II was King of Sicily…
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Who is Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson?

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3rd August 2021
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf is the youngest of five children born to Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. All four of his siblings are sisters, and the youngest of these is Princess Christina.Princess Christina Louise Helena was born on 3 August 1943, three…
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A look at Scandinavia's royal Olympians

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1st August 2021
With the Olympics underway, let’s take a look at the Scandinavian royals and their connection to the Olympics. Although there haven’t been that many Scandinavian royal competitors, these families are very closely intertwined with the Olympics. Sweden There haven’t been any Swedish Royal Family members who’ve competed in the Olympics, but King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia met at the…
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Remembering the wedding that captured the imaginations of millions

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29th July 2021
Once upon a time, there was a fairytale. I was just a little girl when it was told but like many who lived through it, I still find a resonance in that strange summer day when once upon a time met, briefly, happy every after.On July 29th 1981, the world stopped to watch a prince wed his princess. Even the archbishop who married them was so involved in the dream that had sprung up around them…
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