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Royal Wedding Rewind: Princess Margaretha of Sweden and John Ambler

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30th June 2021
The Royal Family of Sweden does love a June wedding. The majority of their modern marriages have taken place in the month and June comes to an end with another Swedish royal wedding anniversary. Princess Margaretha, the eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married businessman John Ambler on June 30th 1964 in a ceremony strikingly different from those of her sisters. Let’s rewind to the…
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The People's Princess who took over the People's Palace

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29th June 2021
The Alexandra Palace is one of the most popular venues in London. It will play host to the Duke of Cambridge’s inaugural Earthshot Prize ceremony in October 2021. Despite its name, it is not and was never a palace. However, it is intimately connected with one of the most beloved members of the royal family – Queen Alexandra. [getty src=”1233633348″ width=”594&#8243…
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The history of the Earldom of Dumbarton

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24th June 2021
It’s a fact universally acknowledged that a royal dukedom rarely comes without a secondary title. The Queen normally hands out several subsidiary titles to those she creates a duke and Prince Harry was no exception. When his grandmother made him Duke of Sussex on his wedding day, May 19th 2018, she also made him Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. And Harry’s earldom has become one of…
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Royal Pictures from History: Charles and Diana present baby William to the world

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21st June 2021
A picture is worth a thousand words and sometimes captures the essence of a moment more than the most perfect prose. The royal story is filled with images that tell a tale all of their own.In this occasional series, Royal Central looks at some of the best known pictures in regal history and today we rewind almost four decades to a very famous debut in London.The picture – June 22nd…
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