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Queen Margrethe holidaying in France before heading home to host President Trump on State Visit

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19th August 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is on her annual summer holiday to France for a few weeks in the sun before she returns home to host President Trump on a State Visit. Her Majesty is staying in Château de Cayx, a French residence she shares with her son, Crown Prince Frederick. When she returns to Denmark, The Queen will host the US President on a two-day visit of her home country.  President…
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The Tsarina and her English governess, Miss Jackson

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18th August 2019
“For dear Miss Jackson, with loving Xmas wishes from Alix, 1900”. With these words, inscribed as a dedication in pencil and today preserved in a frame of its own, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) sent her Christmas gift of 1900 to Miss Margaret Hardcastle Jackson, her former governess from her days as a Princess of Hesse in Darmstadt. The gift came in a box, with its…
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Royal Central Roundup: a sombre week

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17th August 2019
Welcome to the Royal Central round up. Much of this week’s royal news had a serious tone with more details of the enthronement of an Emperor and the sad confirmation of the passing of a princess. There were some bright spots, too, with a special royal birthday and some…
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Music for the Empress: Mozart at Schönbrunn Palace

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17th August 2019
Following the success of his first debut in Munich, playing for the musically-gifted Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, the six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart set out for the imperial court of Vienna, arriving on 6 October 1762. He was accompanied by his parents, Leopold Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart, as well as his elder sister, Maria Anna ‘Nannerl’ Mozart. The concert that the young…
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Music for the Elector: Mozart in Munich

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16th August 2019
Mozart’s musical debut, anticipating his journey to the imperial court at Vienna by seven months, took place, somewhat predictably, before royalty. This was, had he known it, the beginning of what would prove to be many performance-based trips throughout Europe…
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Monarchy Rules: what happened to the House of Norman

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16th August 2019
Nine royal houses have ruled England since the Norman Conquest in 1066 and all of them have made their mark. But eight have seen their power pass elsewhere and this summer Royal Central is looking at what happened to those that have now faded into history. We start with the Conqueror’s own dynasty and ask – what happened to the House of Norman? The House of Norman The dynasty had come to…
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