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Crown Prince Haakon meets the King of Tonga

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6th April 2019
On Friday, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon began his visit to the Pacific-region. His very first stop was Tonga where he was warmly welcomed by His Majesty King Tupou. Crown Prince Haakon began his visit in the capital of Tonga, Nukuʻalofa. Crown Prince Haakon is accompanied by Norway’s development minister Dag-Inge Ulstein during the journey, where they will see, among other things…
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Crown Prince Naruhito’s memoir of time at Oxford reissued in English ahead of 1 May accession

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31st March 2019
As Crown Prince Naruhito prepares to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1st, his first autobiographical book has been republished in English. The book, “The Thames and I” covers the time the then Prince was studying at Merton College, Oxford; his studies were on the historical use of the River Thames for transport. The Crown Prince was the first member of the Japanese Imperial Family to…
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Royal reactions to New Zealand tragedy

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16th March 2019
The British royals are not the only royals who have sent condolence messages and condemned the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Denmark’s Queen, the King and Queen of the Netherlands, Sweden’s King and a Jordanian Queen as well as others have shared messages via press releases or on social media. On Friday, a white supremacist terrorist live streamed his attack…
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King of Eswatini's 12th wife dies

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10th March 2019
There’s sadness in the African kingdom of Eswatini as it has been announced that King Mswati III’s 12th wife has died at the age of 31. Nothando Dube, also known as Inkhosikati LaDube, died after a battle with skin cancer. She died at a South African hospital…
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The Queen’s hand takes centre stage as Jordan’s royals visit London

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2nd March 2019
The Queen welcomed Jordan’s royals to Buckingham Palace this week. And one image of the previously unannounced meeting ended up causing some debate. For a closer look at the photos of Elizabeth II with her guests revealed what appears to be dark purple bruising on the Queen’s left hand. Buckingham Palace hasn’t commented (as you would expect) but there was plenty of debate on Twitter and…
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