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Royal Wedding Dresses: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

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14th February 2021
On 14 February 1981, the religious wedding ceremony for then Henri, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg to Cuban-born María Teresa Mestre y Batista in Notre Dame Cathedral took place. The pair, who had married in a civilceremony earlier in the day in the Grand Ducal Palace, did not know they had chosen to marry on Valentine’s Day, as, at the time, it was not a holiday widely…
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Royal Collection Trust host "Royal Wedding Dresses" talk

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11th February 2021
On 10 February in 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gothe at St James’s Chapel. The Royal Collection Trust (RCT) chose to mark the 181st anniversary of the wedding by looking back at several royal wedding dresses, from Queen Victoria’s dress to Princess Beatrice’s dress.  Throughout the entire talk, one continuous theme was the strong tradition of using…
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The Norwegian King banned by the Pope

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5th February 2021
King Sverre Sigurdsson is the Norwegian king who the Pope banned. Sverre was King of Norway from 1177 to 1202, and shortly after Sverre took over the throne, conflicts with the church began. The Norwegian Archbishop had been allied with Sverre’s opponent to the throne, Erling Skakke, and Sverre made sure to revoke many of the church’s rights. The conflict worsened to such an extent…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Willem-Alexander and Maxima of the Netherlands

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2nd February 2021
It was a wedding for the history books and thousands turned out to celebrate. When Willem-Alexander and Maxima married in 2002, the popularity that has mostly dominated their time as King and Queen of the Netherlands was on show for all to see as they were cheered throughout their special day by crowds across Amsterdam. [getty src=”856246″ width=”453&#8243…
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