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Princess of Wales pays special visit to Royal Marsden to 'show her gratitude' for cancer support

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14th January 2025
The Princess of Wales has paid a special visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, commenting as she walked in through the front doors, “coming in the front entrance here, having made so many quiet, private visits, actually it’s quite nice.” The Princess, who announced that she had completed preventative chemotherapy last September for an undisclosed form of cancer, made the visit to thank the…
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Queen Sonja of Norway hospitalised

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11th January 2025
Queen Sonja has been admitted to Lillehammer Hospital In a brief statement, the Norwegian Royal Court announced that Queen Sonja has been hospitalised for observation following atrial fibrillation earlier in the day during on a skiing trip. Queen Sonja was taken to hospital after developing a rapid heartbeat while ski-ing(Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, Det kongelige hoff.) Atrial fibrillation is…
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Queen Sofía given huge honour by King Felipe VI

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11th January 2025
King Felipe has awarded his mother with Spain’s highest honour as the 50th anniversary of her becoming queen approaches. In an official State Bulletin published on 10 January 2025, King Felipe decreed that Queen Sofía would be awarded the Collar of the Insigne Order of…
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The unusual golden tiara that Greenland used to celebrate a queen

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8th January 2025
As the status of Greenland becomes the topic of global debate again, Denmark’s royal family’s long love of the country is once more in the spotlight. Its current monarch, Frederik X, is so fond that he gave two of his four children Greenlandic middle names. Meanwhile, his mother, Queen Margrethe, received a special tiara to mark her Ruby Jubilee in 2012, a golden gift from the people…
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The royal kiss that Jimmy Carter included in his memoirs

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3rd January 2025
Presidential memoirs often deal with great matters of state and historic events that have influenced countries, continents and even the world. However Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100, felt compelled to dedicate part of his reminiscences to a kiss that happened at Buckingham Palace. Writing of the moment years later, the 39th President of the United States, described the event as a…
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