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Romance, tragedy and intrigue - the dramatic stories of the royal Christmas Eve babies

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22nd December 2021
The Christmas story begins, of course, with a baby and there’s something about a Christmas birthday that makes it all the more interesting, even if mean relatives do double up on presents. Some of the most intriguing royal stories of all have begun on Christmas Eve, leading to lives filled with romance, tragedy and drama. King John of England Let’s start with the birth of a king.
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Queen Margrethe cancels annual Christmas journey to London

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6th December 2021
Queen Margrethe has a long held tradition of going to London each December and managing both official tasks and Christmas gift shopping for the family. However, her 2021 visit has now been cancelled. It was expected that the Queen of Denmark would travel to the UK capital while Crown Prince Frederik would have been regent of Denmark in the coming days. Now the trip has been cancelled, the royal…
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Princess Benedikte accepts new patronage

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24th November 2021
Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg has agreed to become a patron of the association Hellebro, which helps young, homeless and vulnerable people between the ages of 18 and 29. Her Royal Highness most recently visited Hellebro in December 2020 and…
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Princess Benedikte attends Swedish Christmas fair in Copenhagen

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22nd November 2021
Christmas is fast approaching for all of us and a number of permanent traditions await most royal families.Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg had a great time when she visited the Christmas bazaar in the Swedish church of Copenhagen, where she bought several special Swedish Christmas items. The Christmas mood was at its peak when Princess Benedikte, true to tradition…
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Culture and business on the agenda on day two of Queen Margrethe’s state visit to Germany

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12th November 2021
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is in full swing with her state visit to Germany, where business and culture were on the agenda during the second day of the visit. The visit is currently taking place in the German capital, Berlin, where both the Danish Queen and Crown Prince are present, after which the Queen alone continues the visit to the state of Bavaria, and its capital, Munich. On November…
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