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What are the main causes championed by each senior royal?

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2nd September 2020
The Royal Family famously support hundreds of charities and organisations every year through their patronages and recognition of their causes. Several royals are remembered for their work with one or two particular foundations due to the public impact, and here is a list of the leading causes championed by each royal.Queen Elizabeth II:Her Majesty has been patron to over 600…
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How do they compare? A look at British and European royal funding

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1st September 2020
The idea of royalty is magic itself. The crowns. The power. The money. But is it all that it is built up to be? What if you could decide? How would the world be different today if the royal families had never existed?On average, the British Royal Family cost the taxpayer £43 million a year, with them being estimated at a net worth of £383 million as a collective. Individually, they each…
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Queen Rania at 50: 50 facts about the Queen of Jordan

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31st August 2020
As Queen Rania of Jordan celebrates her 50th birthday today, learn more about Jordan’s queen with the 50 facts below:Rania al-Yassin was born, with Jordanian citizenship, on 31 August 1970 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.2. Rania’s father is Faisal Sedki Al-Yassin, and her mother is Ilham Yassin.3. Queen Rania’s family are of Palestinian origin.4. Queen…
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Queen Anne of Romania: a queen without a country

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28th August 2020
On 13 August, Romania commemorated four years since the funeral of Queen Anne, Romania’s first royal funeral since the burial of Queen Marie in July 1938. Queen Anne of Romania, born Princess of Bourbon-Parma in 1923, died on 1 August 2016, and Romania and Moldova, two republics, held national services in her honour.A graduate of the New York Parsons School of Design and a former sales…
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