Sweden

A special honour for ABBA from the King of Sweden

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22nd March 2024
King Carl XVI Gustaf has given a special honour to the four stars of Sweden’s music scene, ABBA.The pop legends have become members of the Order of Vasa, one of the most prestigious orders of chivalry in Sweden. It’s the first time that new members have been created for half a century.Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Reuss all become members of the…
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Monaco

The first wedding dress of Princess Grace of Monaco

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21st March 2024
Her gown she wore for her religious marriage is one of the most famous royal outfits ever worn and an icon of the 20th century but Grace Kelly had another wedding dress before that celebrated creation. Grace and Prince Rainier III of Monaco said ‘I do’ in a civil…
Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria promoting digitisation on UN visit to Bangladesh

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19th March 2024
Crown Princess Victoria has begun an official visit to Bangladesh together with the United Nations, kicking off a four-day visit with engagements related to technology.The future queen arrived in the capital city of Dhaka on Monday, quickly stopping to see the technological progress made by the South Asian country at an event called ‘Innovate Together for #ZeroDigitalDivide.’According…
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Sweden

The princess who wore blue to say 'I do' to a prince who waited decades to marry her

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18th March 2024
It’s one of my all time favourite royal wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since Prince Bertil of…
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Belgium

Princess Elisabeth meets President Obama

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18th March 2024
Princess Elisabeth helped welcome a special visitor to the Castle of Laeken on Sunday, joining her father in welcoming former US President Barack Obama to Belgium.President Obama is in Belgium this weekend for the FTI SuperNova conference in Puurs-Sint-Amands, where he…
Norway

King Harald out of hospital to recuperate at home

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14th March 2024
King Harald of Norway has left hospital after several weeks of treatment.The Norwegian monarch, 87, was discharged from the Rigshospitalet in Oslo on March 14th and went home to the Royal Palace where he will continue to recuperate.The Royal Court said King Harald would be on sick leave until at least April 8th 2024 and his son and heir, Crown Prince Haakon, would continue to carry out all…
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