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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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4th September 2019
To conclude our royal relations series, we are taking a look at how Queen Elizabeth II is related to Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf. The link between the two monarchs goes back to Queen Victoria who is the great-great-grandmother to Queen Elizabeth (through her father, King George VI) and great-great-grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf through both his mother and father through two of…
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The Queen and her advisors 'resentful' over how prorogation has been handled

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28th August 2019
The Queen and her advisors are ‘resentful’ over how the government has handled the prorogation of Parliament according to the BBC. Speaking on the BBC News at Five, Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell said that Her Majesty would have felt “boxed in”, feeling as though she would have had no choice but to act upon the advice of her ministers. Mr Witchell…
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The Queen dismayed after Donald Trump 'ruins' her favourite lawn

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25th August 2019
The Queen is said to be dismayed after President Trump’s helicopter ‘ruined’ her favourite lawn behind Buckingham Palace during his State Visit to the UK earlier this year. Shortly after President Trump left the UK, Her Majesty shared a joke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the scorch marks that his helicopter left behind on the grass. There was pomp…
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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

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16th August 2019
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Princess Carolina was born on28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom she…
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