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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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Prince Joachim gave interview the same day he became ill

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27th July 2020
On Saturday, it was announced that Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger child of Queen Margrethe had an emergency brain surgery on Friday in France. Now, the Danish press has revealed that the Prince gave an interview just two hours before he became ill on Friday.Just a few hours before Prince Joachim became acutely ill with a blood clot on his brain, he was interviewed by the French…
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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…
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June's Jewels: Denmark's Best Pearls

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22nd June 2020
Crown Princess Mary’s Wedding Tiara[getty src=”477022800″ width=”396″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]Crown Princess Mary received a small wedding tiara, fashioned from diamond hearts and fleur-de-lis motifs, as a gift from Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik. No further details of its provenance have ever been released, but the strong suspicion is…
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The Bavarian King of Northern Europe

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27th May 2020
When little Prince Christopher was born in Bavaria in 1416 as the son of a German Count, he hardly thought he would become king of three European nations. Yet that was exactly what he became.Christopher was born as a member of the house of Wittelsbach. He grew up in the safety of the Bavarian royal court and in his teens he served under the German Emperor.He must have been a very…
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