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A very Windsor Christmas

Nearly 25 years after her grandfather George V became the first to deliver a Christmas broadcast, Queen Elizabeth II would carry on the tradition and create history in her own way. Christmas 1957, The Queen’s Christmas broadcast was televised for the first time. During…
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The special Scandinavian Christmas celebration in memory of a saint

The 13th of December is St. Lucia’s Day, traditionally celebrated in the holiday season. While it is a less popular holiday in the United Kingdom and North America, it is still widely celebrated in Scandinavia and Northern Italy.Like many other Scandinavian families, the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian royal families all observe St. Lucia’s Day in December.St. Lucia’s Day (also…
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The sweet gift of a prince to a grieving queen on the saddest of Christmas days

She had made the season her own. The festive season at the end of the 19th century was very different from that in 1837, the year she had become monarch. Yet the final Christmas of Queen Victoria was filled with heartbreak.The queen herself could not get away from it, noting in her diary for December 25th 1900 ”this has indeed been a terribly sad Christmas for us all!”. And it had…
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IN PHOTOS: Princess Sonam Yangden

Bhutan’s newest princess has been named Sonam Yangden Wangchuck.The Royal Office for Media released several images to unveil the newborn royal who was born on 9th September 2023.Photo: Royal Office for MediaRoyal Office for MediaThe Princess is carried…
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Bhutan's newest princess named

Bhutan’s royal family has revealed the name of their newest princess with several photographs to debut the newborn.The only daughter of King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema has been named Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. She shares her name with her paternal aunt, Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck and paternal grandmother, Queen Tshering Yangdon.Photo: Royal Office for MediaSonam…
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