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The story of the stunning lace veil worn by Princess Theodora

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29th September 2024
In addition to wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara for her wedding in Athens on Saturday, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark borrowed another historic family heirloom for the ceremony. Princess Theodora wore a lace veil that has been in the family for over a century and has been worn by a string of royal brides including four different queens.  [getty src=”2175318945&#8243…
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The secrets of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's engagement ring

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25th September 2024
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagement ring may not have as much attention as The Princess of Wales’ engagement ring (once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales) but it is a beautiful ring that was created by a favourite jeweller and with a love message hidden in its stones. When Prince Edward announced his engagement to Sophie Rhys-Jones in January 1999, the engagement ring was front and…
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Queen Camilla’s Friday night out at a pub – and the boozer’s rather cheeky royal tribute

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21st September 2024
Queen Camilla has made like the rest of us and headed to the pub to get the weekend started. However, Her Majesty’s Friday night on the tiles had a rather royal ring, as you might expect. The Queen was at the Fife Arms in Braemar on September 20th with the visit recorded in the Court Circular. However, there was no mention of whether Queen Camilla had popped into the establishment’s famous…
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The very '90s wedding dress of a could-be queen

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19th September 2024
In another time, she would have been the Queen of the Hellenes, and her wedding dress was befitting of a woman who should have held the title… but it was also firmly and beautifully designed to be the ‘90s royal wedding dress. Marie-Chantal Miller married Crown Prince…
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The King of England who was rumoured to want to marry his own niece

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17th September 2024
She was the woman who could have been England’s first queen regnant and he was the uncle who took the throne that might have belonged to her. The two were close and their stories heavily intertwined. But in a strange turn of events, their relationship became even more intense as it was subjected to a scrutiny that was outrageous even for late medieval times. Many accusations have been…
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