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@HRH Crown Prince Alexander "I express great gratitude to my father for the love and attention he showed to me, my family, and my brothers Peter and Alexander as the Head of the Royal Househo...

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  Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Prince Nikolaos, 54, and Princess Tatiana, 43, were married on August 25, 2010, at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Spetses, Greece. ...

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  courtesy of Lady Pamela Hicks A happy birthday to Lady Pamela Hicks!  She turns 95 years old today and is the oldest living descendant of Queen Victoria. She is the younger daughte...

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Embed from Getty Images In mid-January, Irene Urdangarin y Borbon, the only daughter of Infanta Doña Cristina of Spain and her former husband Iñaki Urdangarin y Liebart, said goodbye to her ...

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  @Tom Hansen / Innovasjon Norge Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is in California on an official visit. Today, he spoke at a seminar on offshore wind and green maritime industry at Shack1...

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  Both photos ©Belgian Royal Palace – Bas Bogaerts Next week the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg will pay a State Visit to Belgium.  Today, the Royal Palace in Brussels ...

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April 15, 1928 Viscount Trematon, the son and heir of the Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of South Africa, died at the Lyons Hospital in France, this morning. He was 20 years old. Lord T...

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   @Svenja / Castleholic.com  Is history about to repeat itself?  The latest issue of BUNTE includes a fascinating article "Wieder droht in erbitterer Streit ums Erbe," which translates...

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@Linkedin @linkedin Princess Cecilia Maria Stephanie of Leiningen and Elie Dimitri Hayek were married on September 2, 2023, in a Lutheran ceremony at Amorbach Abbey in Amorbach.  Their c...

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Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Today, King Charles and Queen Camilla celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary. They were married in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall, ...

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  King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were guests at a Mass tribute for his late cousin, Fernando Gómez-Acebo y Borbon.  The service was held at Iglesia Catedral de las Fuerzas Armadas. King...

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  ROYAL MUSINGS has reached 23 million visitors since July 2008.  I am gobsmacked by this.  On behalf of  Harper Lee and Fleur Victoria, Thank you to my readers and visitors.  I am chuf...

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> Embed from Getty Images Frederick Knatchbull, a great-grandson of the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma, has been "reportedly kidnapped by mobsters" in Corsica, according to The Sun.   This ...

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Embed from Getty Images   April 6, 2024 José Luis Martínez-Almeida y Navasqües married Teresa Urquijo y Moreno earlier today in Madrid at the Sagrado Corazon y San Francisco de Borja...

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  @Lady Marina Windsor/Instagram In the past few years, Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor has attended many weddings.   But could her own wedding be in the not-to-distant future?  In April ...

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Embed from Getty Images  Balmoral Castle was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852.  Since then, the grounds have been open to the public during the summer before the Royal F...

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A special thank you to Ken Stone for his super photos of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and other members of the Royal Family leaving St George's Chapel after attending the Easter Mattins...

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  @Katrina Warne (all photos) King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended the Easter service today at St. George's Chapel.  They were accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, th...

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Embed from Getty Images The woman in uniform adjacent to Queen Camilla is Beatrice Grant, the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcester.   She was appointed by Charles III.  The Birmingham Mail noted sh...

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Embed from Getty Images   Representing the King, undergoing cancer treatment,  Queen Camilla handed out the Maundy money at the Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral earlier today. ...

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Simen Løvberg Sund. Royal Court "The Royal Family wishes everyone a very happy Easter The Royal Couple and the Crown Prince Family have gathered at Bygdø Kongsgård at the start of Easter...

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  © Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie Margue © Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie Margue HRH Prince Francois of Luxembourg celebrates his first birthday today.  The little prince is the second...

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Embed from Getty Images  March 26, 1949 Queen Anne of Romania gave birth to a daughter in Lausanne, Switzerland today.  The infant princess was born at the Mont Choisi Clinic and weighed ...

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  This engagement announcement was published in the Daily Telegraph on September 20, 2023.  No fanfare, not a society writer mentioning the forthcoming nuptials.   The bride-to-be is the...

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