Monaco

A look at how Prince Albert and Princess Charlène's wedding broke with tradition and transformed the Princely Palace

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2nd July 2021
It has been a tradition for centuries that civil royal weddings are held in the Princely Palace of Monaco. However, Prince Albert’s marriage to Charlène Wittstock in 2011 broke ranks and made the Palace the location of their religious ceremony, as well.  Once they compiled the guest list, they realised that not everybody could fit into the traditional venue for religious weddings in…
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Monaco

Albert and Charlene, 10 years: the wedding dress

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2nd July 2021
When Princess Charlene walked down the aisle on 2 July 2011 to marry Prince Albert in a religious ceremony, she did so in a Giorgio Armani Privé creation. The gown was a gorgeous creation with a simplicity that fit with Charlene’s style. Charlene wore a bespoke…
Spain

Princess Leonor receives standing ovation at Princess of Girona Awards

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2nd July 2021
On Thursday, the entire Spanish Royal Family was in Barcelona to oversee the Princess of Girona Awards.  Due to the global shutdown, the 2020 ceremony was cancelled, and so this year the family handed out both the 2020 and the 2021 prizes.  The award ceremony took place at the CaixaForum in Barcelona, a cultural centre belonging to “la Caixa” Foundation and located only a short…
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Monaco

The royal bride who wore trousers

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1st July 2021
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld. Charlene…
Sweden

Swedish royal visits to counties across country to resume

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1st July 2021
The royal visits to each of Sweden’s counties is set to resume after it had to be put on hold last year due to the global health emergency. The visits were the initiative of King Carl XVI Gustaf, who wanted to show the Royal Family’s support for each county in the aftermath of the pandemic. The short tours began in the autumn of 2020, but a resurgence in COVID infections led to it…
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Sweden

King of Sweden sends condolences to US President over Miami building collapse

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30th June 2021
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has sent a condolence message to US President Joe Biden after a bundling collapse in Miami, Florida, killed 12. The beachfront condo building collapsed in the early morning of 24 June. The King of Sweden said in his telegram to Washington: “The Queen and I wish to express our sincere condolences on the tragic loss of life following the building collapse in…
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