Japan

Princess Mako requested not to receive her lump-sum payment as early as 2014

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5th October 2021
Princess Mako requested not to receive the lump-sum payment upon her departure from the imperial family as early as 2014. Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan and a niece of the reigning Emperor Naruhito, is set to marry her long-time boyfriend Kei Komuro at the end of the month. Princess Mako’s engagement to Kei Komuro was announced in 2017, with…
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FeaturesHistory

The Royal Bridesmaid who became a Queen

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4th August 2021
As 1922 got under way, newspapers began to run excited articles about a royal wedding. The only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary was about to say ‘I do’ and every moment of her marriage ceremony was up for scrutiny. Princess Mary’s wedding dress, choice of venue and honeymoon destination were pored over even if actual details were hard to come by (sound familiar?) but one…
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British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

The wedding dress of the Duchess of Cambridge

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29th April 2021
The Alexander McQueen brand is renowned for pushing the limits of fashion, but when Kate Middleton stepped out of the Rolls Royce Phantom VI in front of Westminster Abbey on the morning of her wedding on 29 April 2011, the Alexander McQueen dress she wore was classic and traditional. Designed by Sarah Burton, the new creative director for Alexander McQueen, with input by Kate and lacework by…
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Bhutan

Bhutan celebrates a royal wedding

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30th October 2020
Amidst the uncertainty of the ongoing pandemic, Bhutan had a reason to celebrate on Thursday as the King’s younger sister married the younger brother of the Queen at Dechencholing Palace in Thimphu in a traditional Buddhist ceremony. Princess Eeuphelma Choden…
The Yorks

Princess Beatrice sends handwritten thank you cards for wedding

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23rd October 2020
Months after a private wedding in July, Princess Beatrice and Edoardo “Edo” Mapelli Mozzi are sending handwritten thank you cards to well-wishers. In a post on the royal fan Instagram account, the Duchess of Wonderlnd, the royal couple sent a handwritten note alongside an official wedding photo. The message read: “Thank you so much for the wonderful note you so kindly…
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