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Royal Wedding Rewind: King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

It was a marriage that sealed a famous love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th 1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark’s romance has since weathered political crises and exile – here’s a look back at a very royal wedding…
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A regal date for royal beginnings

There’s a day in early autumn which has rather regal tinges right now. It’s when three of Europe’s best known royals celebrate their birthday while the continent’s longest reigning king marks the beginning of his rule on the same date. But while the…
OpinionQueen Elizabeth II

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

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

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

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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