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Forty years on: the royal fairytale wedding that missed its happy ending

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29th July 2021
In the end, it wasn’t the fairytale marriage the world had hoped for, but on 29 July 1981, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married in a glittering ceremony that could best be described as a fairytale, watched by an estimated one billion people. Forty years on, Royal Central looks back at this historic day.[getty src=”71520536″ width=”594&#8243…
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Monaco

Princely Palace releases unseen video series for Princely Couple's 10th anniversary

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26th June 2021
On Thursday, Princess Charlène of Monaco posted a video on Instagram in anticipation of her and Prince Albert’s 10th wedding anniversary. Their Serene Highnesses met at the 200 Mare Nostrum swim meeting in Monaco, with then-Ms Wittstock being a swimmer representing South Africa. They made their public debut at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, shortly after Prince Albert had become Prince…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark

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10th June 2021
On 4 October 1966, the Danish Royal Court announced that Crown Princess Margrethe was to marry Henri de Laborde de Montpezat. The engagement was a surprise to most as they had kept their relationship a secret.Henri was a French diplomat in London, and he and Margrethe met during an official dinner at the French Embassy and then again at a wedding, starting a relationship soon…
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Royal WeddingsSpain

Royal Wedding Flowers: Queen Letizia of Spain

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22nd May 2021
Soft, striking and above all, symbolic. The wedding bouquet carried by the future Queen of Spain, Letizia Ortiz, at her royal wedding on May 22nd 2004 was filled with significance. From personal touches to nods to one of the oldest ruling dynasties in Europe, Letizia filled her posy with meaning.At the heart of her cascading bouquet were the iris and the lily, closely associated with the House…
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