European Royals

The dazzling diamonds hidden for decades that are now the favourites of a queen

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18th April 2024
Queen Maxima has given us another showing of the Stuart Tiara as she hosted a State Banquet for the King and Queen of Spain. The stunning diamond diadem has become a favourite of the Queen of the Netherlands since she brought it out of royal retirement just over five years ago. It’s now perhaps the most talked about tiara in the Dutch royal collection and it packs plenty of history as well…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe joined by family for first birthday since abdication

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16th April 2024
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is celebrating her first birthday since her abdication. The former monarch, who abdicated on January 14th 2024 after a reign of 52 years, is spending the day privately at Fredensborg Palace. However, she made a brief appearance to greet wellwishers as well as media as she was joined at her home by family for a lunch to mark her big day. Keld Navntoft…
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European Royals

The royal bride picked from a photograph who was queen for just one summer

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13th April 2024
She was called ‘the White Rose’ and her time as queen lasted just one summer. Geraldine, last Queen of Albania, reigned as consort for just a year before she and her royal family had to flee an Italian invasion. Though she spent the rest of her life zigzagging the world, trying to find a place to settle, Queen Geraldine never gave up promoting her son’s interests as an uncrowned…
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Denmark

Queen Mary shares her love of nature at deer haven

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9th April 2024
Queen Mary professed her love of nature over the weekend after she dedicated new land to an existing deer haven. The Danish queen visited the southern part of Jægersborg Hegn on Sunday afternoon to incorporate it into the existing Dyrehaven (Deer Haven) in Copenhagen. With the expansion, the Dyrehaven is now a quarter larger than it had previously been. Accompanied by Magnus Heunicke, the…
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