Opinion

Opinion: The public should not be paying for Princess Eugenie's wedding security bill

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18th August 2018
When Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank in October, the public will be footing the estimated £2 million security bill for the ninth-in-line to the throne. The couple has chosen to wed at St George’s Chapel, the same place the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were married at earlier this year. While Eugenie is not a working royal and the bill for the wedding is being paid by her father…
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"The Royals" cancelled on E! after four seasons

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18th August 2018
If you were a fan of the campy alterna-monarchy of E!’s The Royals, alas, the show has been cancelled after four seasons. “E! will not be moving forward with another season of The Royals,” the network revealed in a statement provided to Deadline. “Over four seasons…
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Three things you didn’t know about the Dutch Royal Family

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16th August 2018
If you haven’t been living under a rock, then you surely know that the Netherlands has a monarch. Following the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, Willem-Alexander became the very first Dutch king in the last hundred years. Holland is one of the many European countries that didn’t abolish its monarchy. Not only is the royal family here to stay but also the people are glad that…
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The personal jewellery of the last Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna

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14th August 2018
The personal jewellery of the last Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) provides a living, tangible timeline of her private life, quite apart from the glittering jewels which she would have worn as a Romanov bride. Inevitably though, the public life and the private sphere overlapped into jewellery, where Alexandra would receive magnificent personal gifts from the Tsar, such as the…
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Who is Queen Sirikit of Thailand?

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12th August 2018
Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950 shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th August 1932, at the home of her maternal grandfather, Lord Vongsanuprabhand. Her father, Prince Nakkhatra Mangala was a diplomat in Thailand and at the time was on…
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