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Queen Sonja of Norway undergoes successful heart operation

Queen Sonja of Norway is resting after undergoing a successful heart operation. The Norwegian queen, who is 87, had a pacemaker fitted. The procedure was carried out at the Rigshospitalet in Oslo on January 16th 2025. Soon afterwards, Norway’s royal court said the operation had been a success and that Queen Sonja was doing well. She’s expected to remain in hospital for a day…
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Princess of Wales pays special visit to Royal Marsden to 'show her gratitude' for cancer support

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

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

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

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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