Luxembourg

This royal isn't letting the small matter of an abdication stop his plans for a big jubilee

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1st May 2025
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg has announced celebrations for his Silver Jubilee – even though he will actually abdicate before completing twenty five years on the throne. Grand Duke Henri will enjoy three days of celebrations for a quarter of a century of rule in June this year. However, he actually doesn’t complete the 25 years until October 8 this year. And by then, he will have…
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Luxembourg

Did someone say diamonds? This towering tiara packs mystery and history

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30th April 2025
It’s a tower of a tiara and it has a back story to match its might. The ‘Empire Tiara’ of Luxembourg is a huge collection of diamonds but despite being pretty hard to miss, no one is completely sure where it came from in the first place. This impressive tiara was first recorded in 1829, though it may be older. It is over ten centimetres tall and almost 20 centimetres across…
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European Royals

The queen who turned spectacular diamonds into ''crown jewels'' as her final wish

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28th April 2025
It is not uncommon for monarchies to hold priceless pieces of jewellery that enjoy special status: they don’t belong to any specific person, nor can they be sold or separated. This is also the case for Spain, when Queen Victoria Eugenia, better known as Ena, decided to create a set of jewellery pieces to be passed down from generation to generation of queens. According to Queen…
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European Royals

Queen Mary joins list of royals attending Pope Francis's funeral

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25th April 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark will attend the funeral of Pope Francis, joining royalty from across Europe for the solemn mass. The Danish queen will represent her royal family at the funeral which takes place on April 26 2025 at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. In 2018, Mary, then Crown Princess of Denmark, was received by Pope Francis at the Vatican along with her husband…
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