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A look at Spain's future queen as she comes of age

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31st October 2023
Spain’s future queen comes of age today, meaning she can carry out official duties and represent her father, King Felipe, at official functions. This also means she would no longer need a regent if her father were to die or abdicate the throne.Let’s look at Leonor, Princess of Asturias, on her special day.She was born on 31 October 2005 to the Prince and Princess of Asturias…
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What Is The Order of Charles III?

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30th October 2023
Princess Leonor of Spain, heir to her country’s throne, is about to come of age.The future queen turns 18 on October 31st 2023. On that day, Princess Leonor will swear the Spanish Constitution before the Cortes Generales in Madrid. After the swearing-in ceremony…
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The royal ghosts of Hampton Court Palace

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30th October 2023
Hampton Court Palace is infamous as the setting for the tragic stories of Henry VIII’s six wives, so it’s no surprise that people have been reporting ghostly sightings there for hundreds of years.Postcards with double-exposed photographs supposedly depicting…
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The mysterious fire which forced a royal family to flee into the night

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30th October 2023
On May 7 1697, a fire broke out and destroyed much of the old royal palace in Stockholm. The castle Tre Kronor, or Three Crowns in English, is now only a footnote in history with the present royal palace of Stockholm built above the ruins of the old middle-aged castle that burned down over 320 years ago. But why exactly did the castle burn to ashes so mysteriously and suddenly?Tre Kronor…
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Royal Ghost Stories: The Tower of London

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29th October 2023
Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of The Tower of London is steeped in history and has occupied a major part in royal life since it was constructed by William the Conqueror almost 1,000 years ago. The Tower has been the backdrop to royal life, beheadings, scandals…
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What is the curse of King Tut's tomb?

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29th October 2023
In the ancient world, many cultures invoked different forms of magic to protect their dead from those still in the physical world.In ancient Egypt, this included placing a curse on the mummy. One of the most famous instances of this was the curse placed on King…
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The all powerful Queen of England buried in a far away part of France

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28th October 2023
You may think that all the Kings and Queens of Great Britain are buried somewhere in our sceptre isle, even if in the case of some efforts are still going on to work out exactly where. In fact, two of our Kings and one of their wives at buried at the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud, in Anjou, France. They are Henry II, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine and their son Richard I. For this was in…
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The lost burial site of three Queens of England

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27th October 2023
The site of Christchurch Greyfriars, is a strange, haunting place, redolent of history. It is now a ruined, public garden and a popular place for Londoners to take their sandwiches for lunch. Long gone is the atmosphere of bells and prayer from the Middle Ages; although in an odd parallel to its previous use as a church, it manages to be a place of peace in the noise of the City and nearby Stock…
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