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Could Donald Trump be about to make royal history?

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3rd January 2025
It’s that man again. Donald Trump has dominated 2024 and, as he prepares to enter the White House for a second term as US president, a royal first is beckoning for the man who has made no secret of his admiration for the Monarchy.It’s reported that a second State Visit to the UK is on the table for Donald Trump once his tenure as 47th President of the United States of America is…
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The royal title once thought to be cursed

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2nd January 2025
It’s one of the oldest royal dukedoms of all but it’s brought more drama than most and it took centuries for one of its holders to have an heir to take it on. Right now, it belongs to one of the most dutiful members of the Royal Family but his predecessors have been more controversial, to say the least. In fact, some caused so much trouble, the title was once said to be cursed.The…
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Beginnings, endings and a few nerves mark the first New Year's speech of King Frederik X of Denmark

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31st December 2024
The King of Denmark said out loud what a lot of his subjects were thinking as he delivered the royal New Year’s address for the first time – can anyone other than Queen Margrethe actually make the speech? It turned out that the answer was yes even though the new king made no secret of the pressure he felt in taking on this most important of royal duties.Exactly a year after his…
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Prince William and the hardest year of his life

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30th December 2024
When the Prince of Wales declares that 2024 has been the hardest year of his life, you sit back and take stock of just what that means. With his father and his wife both dealing with their own health scares, it fell to Prince William and Queen Camilla to lead the Royal…
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A year of controversy sees royal family's popularity drop

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30th December 2024
To hark back to an infamous speech once given by Queen Elizabeth II, I don’t imagine that 2024 will be a year that any Norwegian royal looks back on “with undiluted pleasure.” From King Harald falling gravely ill abroad to all the controversies and legal issues surrounding Marius Borg Høiby, it hasn’t been an easy year for the royals.Let’s take a look back on 10 of the biggest…
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