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Royal Wedding Rewind: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

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14th May 2020
Theirs sounds like a love affair out of a romantic comedy: at the Slip Inn pub in Sydney, Australia, a crown prince meets a sales executive during the Summer Olympics. He doesn’t reveal his identity straight away, and she has no idea of the secret he’s keeping. Then, he reveals the truth and they begin a relationship that three years later leads to the biggest royal wedding in Denmark in…
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If Edward VIII had not abdicated, who would be Monarch today?

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9th May 2020
We all love a royal what if and perhaps one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the question of the king who renounced his throne for love. What if Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Who would be Monarch now? There are two roads to go down here. The first is that Edward VIII did give up the woman he loved. No marriage to Mrs Simpson would leave him free to wed someone else. Who…
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Royal Pictures from History: A moment of unity on VE Day

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8th May 2020
It is one of the most famous pictures in royal history, a moment when a Monarch and his people were completely united. As World War Two came to an end in Europe, King George VI and his family stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace surrounded by the cheers of thousands. With them, the wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, whose leadership had already made him a legend. On the 75th…
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'The King and his husband' - What will we call a King’s Husband or a Queen’s Wife?

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7th May 2020
Around the same time that the UK introduced new succession laws that allowed girls the same rights as boys, the country also passed same sex marriage legislation. But royal laws haven’t caught up with that yet. In the future, as is the case in most European countries, a prince may take a husband and a princess may choose a wife. But when that happens, what title will be bestowed on…
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