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King Michael of Romania stepping down from public duties after cancer diagnosis

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2nd March 2016
King Michael of Romania has been diagnosed with cancer and he is currently undergoing a complex and demanding treatment. He is suffering from chronic leukemia and epidermoid carcinoma and he has undergone surgery in Switzerland. This has prevented him from appearing in public and he has a released the following statement concerning his illness: “In recent weeks we have received news of a…
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King Abdullah of Jordan says the country is at "boiling point" over refugee crisis

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2nd February 2016
King Abdullah of Jordan has said that his country is now at “boiling point” as a result of the refugee crisis, where hundreds of thousands of Syrian migrants are seeking to relocate for a better life. Speaking to the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, the King said that enormous pressure was being placed on Jordan’s infrastructure, social services and…
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King of Thailand’s health in frail state

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12th January 2016
The world’s longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is suffering from ever declining health and is in even more of a worse state, according to a notice sent out from the royal palace. A vaguely worded health report sent out from Thailand’s royal palace said that 88-year-old King Bhumidol, whose health has been deteriorating for many years, has what to appears to described…
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The Fifteen Princesses of Orange: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

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26th December 2015
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, is better known in the Netherlands as Anna of Hanover. She was born in 1709 as the daughter of the future George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. Her father had been away on a hunting trip and wrote to his wife, ‘I have just received the good news of the birth of a daughter at which I feel all imaginable please…I am only a bit…
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