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REVEALED: Buckingham Palace's unseen floor plans

It’s one of the most recognisable buildings in the world and an iconic symbol of British royalty, but while the exterior of Buckingham Palace is familiar to us all, much of the inside remains a mystery … until now. The official floor plans of the entire palace might have never been released, but the team at HomeAdvisor, along with architect Jelena Popovic, decided to dig in and…
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Taking a look at Stenhammar Palace – the Swedish Royal Family's 'Corona Palace'

Since the outbreak of coronavirus, many royal families have had to live their lives quite differently. The same applies to the Swedish Royal Family. King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia decided to temporarily move from Stockholm Palace to the smaller Stenhammar’s Palace. Let us take a look at this rather unknown Swedish castle which is now the Swedish royal family “corona&#8221…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

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?

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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