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King Harald says his family has been 'put to the test' in New Year's speech

It hasn’t been an easy year for the Norwegian Royal Family—to put it mildly—and King Harald addressed the controversies up front in his annual New Year’s Eve speech, saying that the royals “have been truly put to the test” this year. But while there have been hardships, King Harald said, the year has also made them all aware of “what matters in life.” The King talked mostly…
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Prince William and the hardest year of his life

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 Family through the first half of the year. The rest of 2024 saw William growing in his role as Prince of Wales, and while he…
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Abdication and accession mark momentous year for Denmark's royals

On the eve of 2024, Queen Margrethe announced her abdication and two weeks into the new year, a new king was installed. From there, King Frederik and Queen Mary spent the year cementing their positions and we watched as a reign began. Here are 10 of the biggest moments of the year for the Danish Royal Family. Queen Margrethe shocks the world Traditionally, Danish monarchs share a New…
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The 5 best tiara moments of 2024

How to narrow down all of the exciting tiara appearances this year into five choices? It was hard work but these are the ones I can’t stop thinking about! Queen Camilla expands her tiara collection. Again. One thing can’t be said about Queen Camilla? She doesn’t…
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The moments that defined the Princess of Wales in her most difficult of years

This certainly couldn’t have been the year the Princess of Wales was expecting; and for royal watchers the world over, Catherine hasn’t been far from our thoughts as she underwent major surgery, a shock cancer diagnosis, and months of chemotherapy. But at least, in her words, she has now begun the recovery process and has begun a gradual return to work. While it was a heavy year for…
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