Royal News

Abdication and accession mark momentous year for Denmark's royals

On the eve of 2024, Queen Margrethe announced her abdication and two weeks into the new year, a new king was installed. From there, King Frederik and Queen Mary spent the year cementing their positions and we watched as a reign began. Here are 10 of the biggest moments of the year for the Danish Royal Family. Queen Margrethe shocks the world Traditionally, Danish monarchs share a New…
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The 5 best tiara moments of 2024

How to narrow down all of the exciting tiara appearances this year into five choices? It was hard work but these are the ones I can’t stop thinking about! Queen Camilla expands her tiara collection. Again. One thing can’t be said about Queen Camilla? She doesn’t…
Denmark

The Fashion Hits of Mary, Queen of Denmark in 2024

She spent a whole two weeks of 2024 as Crown Princess and then, following Queen Margrethe’s shock abdication announcement on New Year’s Eve, Mary officially became Queen of Denmark this year. And with the change in status comes a change in fashion, so let’s take a look…
Features

The king who spoke from the 15th century in 2024 and other amazing royal discoveries

The year 2024 has seen many royal history discoveries. From lost portraits to a controversial monarch’s voice, experts have continued to uncover the past lives of royals.  Mayan royal jade mask found In January 2024, a team of archaeologists led by Francisco Estrada-Belli of Tulane University shared that in 2021 they had discovered a complete jade mask from a Mayan King dating back…
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Denmark

King Frederik and Queen Mary welcome Egyptian President for State Visit

This has been a busy week for State Visits with the third getting under way. King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark have welcomed President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt to Copenhagen. The President of Egypt arrived on Thursday evening; however, the Danish King and Queen formally welcomed him on Friday morning.  He arrived at Christian VII’s Palace at Amalienborg Palace where they…
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Denmark

King Frederik and Queen Mary keep Christmas tradition in first year of reign

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark have shared their festive plans as they approach the first Christmas of the new reign. The Danish king and queen will follow the family’s tradition and spend the holiday period at Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus.  King Frederik and Queen Mary will be joined by all four of their children for Christmas: Crown Prince Christian (19), Princess Isabella…
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