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‘The King and his husband’ – What would we call a gay monarch's spouse?

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4th September 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 them? We…
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Granny Knows Best: the grandparents of Elizabeth II

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2nd September 2020
As we explore the grandparents of Europe’s monarchs and their influences on each monarch’s life, today let’s take a look at the grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II. King George V [getty src=”51833035″ width=”452″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”] Queen Elizabeth’s paternal grandfather was a king and emperor, a man she and her younger sister Princess Margaret often referred…
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Iraq's Boy King - A Life Cut Short

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2nd September 2020
We are all familiar with the recent history of Iraq, the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein and the war and violence during and after his rule. However less known is the fact that for years Iraq was a Kingdom. This is the story of Iraq’s third and last King – Faisal…
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European royals in the British line of succession: Denmark's Royal Family

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1st September 2020
Continuing our series, Royal Central is taking a look at the members of Denmark’s Royal Family who are in the British line of succession. Frederik IX of Denmark married Princess Ingrid of Sweden on 24 May 1935. Princess Ingrid was the daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden) and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. The Princess was the elder…
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September's most memorable royal moments

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1st September 2020
As we begin another month, Royal Central takes a look at some of September’s most memorable royal moments: 1 September 1878: On this day in 1878, Princess Alexandra of Saxe Coburg and Gotha was born in Germany to Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. The Princess went on to have three children with her husband Ernst II and died in 1942…
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