CoronavirusEuropean RoyalsThe Netherlands

Queen Máxima hears of cost of pandemic for funeral directors

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3rd July 2020
Queen Máxima has visited a funeral home in The Hague to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the funeral industry in the Netherlands.During her visit on July 2nd 2020, Queen Máxima spoke with directors of the Engelen & Spoor Funeral Services, the director of the Sector Certified Dutch Funeral Enterprises and the director of the Roman Catholic Cemeteries Foundation to learn about the…
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CoronavirusLuxembourg

Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg on first public engagement since birth of son

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2nd July 2020
Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie returned to royal engagements on Wednesday, nearly two months after giving birth to her first child, Prince Charles.Stéphanie was joined by her husband, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, for a visit to the Caritas Fairness Centre in Diekrich to learn how the facility and charity has been working through the COVID-19 pandemic.Caritas Luxembourg is an…
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BelgiumFeaturesRoyal Weddings

Royal Wedding Rewind: King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium

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2nd July 2020
They were an unexpected king and queen and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixty first wedding anniversary.  The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959 in Brussels, now live quietly following Albert’s abdication. Royal Central looks back at the wedding which would put a shy young couple on the path to a…
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DenmarkFeaturesHistory

Denmark's American-born Princess

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1st July 2020
Several European nations have had members of their royal families with American backgrounds – many of whom have created scandals.In the British Royal Family, King Edward VIII chose to abdicate in 1936 to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson, and in more recent years, the Duchess of Sussex has been in the headlines in newspapers around the world after she and the Duke of Sussex stepped back…
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