Spain

Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia take lead on royal engagement

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11th August 2020
The heir to the throne of Spain and her sister have been out and about in Mallorca for the second time in two days for an engagement focused on young poeple.Princess Leonor, 14, and Infanta Sofia, 13, visited the Naum Socioeducative Centre run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on August 11th 2020 with their parents but it was the younger royals who took the lead on this…
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The Netherlands

Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau turns 52

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11th August 2020
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau was born Mabel Martine Los on 11 August 1968 to Hendrik Los and Florence Kooman in Pijnacker, Netherlands. When she was nine, her father passed away, leaving her mother, Mabel and her sister. Eventually, her mother remarried to Peter Wisse…
Denmark

Denmark's media reports of ongoing dispute within the Danish Royal Family over castle inheritance

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11th August 2020
There is an ongoing dispute over inheritance within the Danish Royal Family according to the Danish weekly magazine Billed Bladet. Prince Gustav Frederik Philip Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the son of Danish Princess Benedikte and nephew of Queen Margrethe, is involved in the ongoing dispute.The Danish media has said that, for several years, there has been an inheritance dispute in…
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Spain

Anti-monarchy protest in Madrid as Juan Carlos continues to dominate Spain

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10th August 2020
Images of King Juan Carlos and King Felipe of Spain were set alight at the weekend as a protest against the country’s monarchy took place in Madrid. The gathering, which involved several hundred people, came as a new poll for a newspaper showed most people are against the decision of Juan Carlos to leave Spain as investigations into allegations of corruption continue.The protest is the…
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Luxembourg

Tessy Antony de Nassau receives Freedom of the City of London award

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8th August 2020
Tessy Antony de Nassau has received the Freedom of the City of London award by the Clerk of the Mayor of the City. She was presented the award on Friday, 7 August, at a late-morning ceremony conducted over Zoom due to the ongoing pandemic.Part of the ceremony consisted of Tessy reading a declaration of loyalty towards Queen Elizabeth II. In it, she vows to be loyal to the mayor of the city…
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