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Happy Birthday, Crown Princess Victoria! - 41 Facts about the Swedish Royal on Her Birthday!

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14th July 2017
Today marks the 41st birthday of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. To celebrate, 41 facts are below! Happy Birthday, Your Royal Highness! When she was born, she was only styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria. After the birth of her younger brother, Prince Carl Philip, the law of succession was changed in Sweden to absolute primogeniture. This meant Carl Philip’s title of Crown…
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Charlie Proctor: It might sound trivial not wearing a seatbelt, but The Queen should lead by example

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23rd June 2017
Twenty years ago, Diana, Princess of Wales died in a catastrophic car crash in Paris – a moment that shocked the world. It is widely believed that if Diana were wearing her seatbelt at the time of the incident, she would have most likely survived. So what seems even more shocking to me is despite the late Princess’s untimely death, The Queen still often still travels in her car without…
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Charlie Proctor: The Queen will be livid with the government if she is forced to miss Royal Ascot

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12th June 2017
It never ceases to amaze me how things can go from relatively calm to scenes of chaos within a matter of minutes. I should imagine that the same situation unfolded in Buckingham Palace this morning when Her Majesty found out that she might have to miss Royal Ascot due to the government postponing The Queen’s Speech. Theresa May’s government has not yet reached a deal with Northern…
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