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Death of Lee Radziwill, the princess who came to the new Camelot

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16th February 2019
Lee Radziwill has died at the age of 85. The former princess was known as a socialite and style icon while her attempts to forge an acting career were well documented. But for many, she will always be the little sister of Jackie Kennedy. In the early 1960s, with Jackie and her husband John F. Kennedy in the White House, Lee was the princess at the heart of the court later called a new Camelot. Her…
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Royal Pictures from History: Diana and Grace together

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14th February 2019
They were both the stars of royal fairytales built around them that, in reality, may have had little to do with the lives they led. Princess Grace of Monaco and Diana, Princess of Wales were two of the most famous women of the 20th century and the first time their paths crossed, Diana turned to Grace for help. In this occasional series, Royal Central goes back to 1981 and the first meeting of two…
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Norway's lost royal monument

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12th February 2019
Today, an impressive large statue of King Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first statue there. Before the…
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What happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy fell?

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11th February 2019
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy. We are taking a look at what happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy was officially deposed in the evening on this day in 1979. The monarch in Iran was the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was married to Empress Farah. The Shah had four children with the Empress (Crown Prince Reza…
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Things Haven't Changed: the Duchess of Sussex still deserves better than how she has been treated

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10th February 2019
Royal Central’s Editorial Assistant, Jess Ilse wonders why the Duchess of Sussex just can’t catch a break with the media. Or the Markles. I wish I could say that in the six months since I wrote my last editorial that things had changed for the better for the Duchess of Sussex. How wrong I was. How naïve? I thought things would change for the better once she’d returned from the…
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