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Princess Margriet and Prime Minister Trudeau visit Canadian War Cemetery

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1st November 2021
On Friday, 29 October, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visited the Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943. Her parents, Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, had left the Netherlands in exile during the Nazi occupation. As a result, the Canadian…
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European RoyalsSpain

Princess Leonor's year in photos

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31st October 2021
Princess Leonor, Princess of Asturias is beginning a new phase of her life as she undertakes sixth form studies in Wales. It’s the first time she’s lived away from home and marks another chapter in her path towards the Spanish throne. As the teenage princess…
European RoyalsNorway

Crown Princess Mette-Marit opens food and health conference

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30th October 2021
Crown Princess Mette-Marit recorded a video greeting to mark the beginning of this year’s 2021 Food and Health Conference, calling the knowledge of how food and health connect as “absolutely necessary for us as humans.”In the short video greeting shared on the Norwegian Royal Family’s YouTube account, Crown Princess Mette-Marit elaborates on this sentiment, saying: “Their work…
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Norway

King Harald reveals he got his first mobile phone at the age of 83

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29th October 2021
King Harald got his very first mobile phone when he was 83 years old. During the pandemic, King Harald was forced to take the big leap from landline to cell phone.The king raised a big laugh when he made the revelation during the annual and traditional Parliament dinner held at the Royal Palace in Oslo on October 28th 2021.King Harald’s speech was the highlight of the traditional…
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NorwayPalaces & Buildings

Oscarshall Palace Park to be restored

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28th October 2021
Oscarshall is one of Norway`s most important national memorials. However, the facility is more than the building with its interiors and artwork. The surrounding park is an essential part of the place. This autumn, Norwegian archaeologists have been on a tour of the facility around Oscarshall Palace. When the castle building was restored from 2005 to 2009, both the building itself and the interiors…
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