Romania

Russian Embassy “apologises” for insults toward Romanian royals - followed by new attacks

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5th December 2019
Last week, there was political chaos in Romania following a Russian insult towards Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown. Now, the Russian Embassy has made a somewhat apology to the Romanian Royal Family. Shortly after apologising in a private email to the Romanian royalists, the Russian Embassy published a critical article against Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian…
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Sparkle and Scandal: what will Royal December bring?

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3rd December 2019
On this week’s Royal Central Podcast, the team look ahead to some of the big events set to make the royal news in December. Court cases and Christmas cards all feature as Brittani Barger, Moniek Bloks and Lydia Starbuck as what the last month of the year will bring for royal families around the world. https://RoyalCentral.podbean.com/mf/play/je4kx3/Royal_Central_Podcast_December_1.mp3 The…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia act as hosts for Conference on Climate Change (COP25)

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3rd December 2019
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have played hosts to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP25) in Madrid where Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Prince Albert of Monaco and other foreign dignitaries were in attendance. The theme of the conference is to reduce CO2 emissions, global trade in emission rights, and other issues surrounding the goals set at the 2015 Paris climate…
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Norway

New royal implicated in Jeffrey Epstein scandal

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2nd December 2019
It has emerged that Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway held meetings with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison. According to VG, Norway’s biggest newspaper, Mette-Marit had meetings with Epstein between 2011 and 2013 – years after his…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Queen Maud and King Haakon of Norway

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30th November 2019
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Queen Maud of Norway. There British royal became a queen in 1905 but her path to a throne began nine years earlier when she married her cousin in a very Victorian wedding. However, the seemingly run of the mill royal union that began that day would transform the lives of two royals and one monarchy. Here, Royal Central looks back at the…
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