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Post by ❤️ NickiDrea ❤️ on Dec 27, 2023 2:40:02 GMT
William has more diana in him. Charlotte is all Windsor, and looks just like Elizabeth. I don’t think Will has looked like Diana since he was a teenager. I can’t remember the family member he looks identical to offhand but it’s not on his mom’s side. He also looks very similar to Princess Anne to me.
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Post by mostroop on Dec 27, 2023 14:35:12 GMT
I have this soft spot for Lay Sarah, she always looks so shy. Anne looks good, but what is dangling from her under her coat? Do I want to know? Mia looks so much fun. Everyone else looks unremarkable, but good (minus Sarah Ferguson, her style is awful). I thought it was fringe on her boot
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Post by charmedhour on Dec 27, 2023 15:03:43 GMT
Little Prince Louis looks to be wearing hand-me-down pants. Prince George wore the same plaid pants around the same age, in a portrait with the Queen.
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Post by Sarzy on Dec 31, 2023 19:57:51 GMT
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will abdicate on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. "I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik," she announced. The 83-year-old is the world's only reigning queen and the longest serving monarch in Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father King Frederik IX in 1972. She revealed the decision was made after a period of reflection following surgery on her back in early 2023. "The surgery naturally gave rise to thinking about the future - whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation," she said. "I have decided that now is the right time," she added, and offered her thanks to the Danish public for their support over the years. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen thanked the queen for her service. "On behalf of the entire population, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Her Majesty The Queen for her lifelong dedication and tireless efforts for the Kingdom," she said in a statement. "Although the duty and position of regent has been handed down for more than 1,000 years, it is still difficult to understand that the time has now come for a change of throne," the statement read. "Many of us have never known another regent. Queen Margrethe is the epitome of Denmark and throughout the years has put words and feelings into who we are as a people and as a nation." Unlike British royal tradition, there will be no formal crowning ceremony for Crown Prince Frederik, who is 55. Instead, his accession will be announced from Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen on the day. He will take her place as King of Denmark and head of state in the country - which is a constitutional monarchy - as well as in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Queen Margrethe is a popular figure in Denmark, and many Danes had expected her to remain on the throne until her death. "She is to us what Queen Elizabeth was to you," Danish journalist Tine Gotzsche told the BBC. Queen Margrethe attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, and they celebrated their respective jubilees in the same year. She had not been expected to become Queen when she was born. But when she was 13, Danish law changed to allow women to take the throne. More than a decade ago, Queen Margrethe reflected that she was inspired by the late British Queen "that I must somehow understand that I must dedicate my life to my nation like she has done, and in that way she has been very important to me." The pair had been the world's only remaining female sovereigns before Queen Elizabeth's death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67854395
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Post by brookie on Dec 31, 2023 20:22:36 GMT
So, the cheating scumbag Frederik?
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Post by MsDark on Dec 31, 2023 20:32:36 GMT
So, the cheating scumbag Frederik? If the UK can do it, why not Denmark?
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Post by ravenna on Dec 31, 2023 20:52:14 GMT
I feel like Fredrik is still not even mature enough to be king. He strikes me as an overgrown frat boy. He was also photographed canoodling with a young woman in a bar on the eve of the twin's christening. They're almost twelve now, so yes, the cheating goes back a long time. But Mary knew what she was getting into, since she felt the need to warn him in a tv interview ahead of their wedding that she wouldn't tolerate cheating. These entitled royals always know very well that they will.
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Post by Sarzy on Jan 7, 2024 12:54:26 GMT
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Post by sputnik on Jan 7, 2024 20:27:39 GMT
I feel like Fredrik is still not even mature enough to be king. He strikes me as an overgrown frat boy. He was also photographed canoodling with a young woman in a bar on the eve of the twin's christening. They're almost twelve now, so yes, the cheating goes back a long time. But Mary knew what she was getting into, since she felt the need to warn him in a tv interview ahead of their wedding that she wouldn't tolerate cheating. These entitled royals always know very well that they will. so... acting like kings have been acting for centuries? i'm not too worried, it's a pretty ceremonial role and despite the cheating he doesn't seem to be unpopular with the danes and mary looks like she's going to stick around no matter who he fucks... though it's true he might want to be more discreet about it once he's king. and i bet you the press will actually help cover it up too.
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Post by Sarzy on Jan 17, 2024 14:11:33 GMT
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Post by ravenna on Jan 17, 2024 14:28:57 GMT
I forgot Kate got a title upgrade and was hella confused as to who they were talking about.
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Post by dechayz on Jan 17, 2024 14:48:31 GMT
Wow, 10-14 days in the hospital??? Must be something not insignificant
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Post by brookie on Jan 17, 2024 14:55:43 GMT
Hysterectomy?
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Post by Sarzy on Jan 17, 2024 15:02:37 GMT
^ I thought of that too. It is a long time in hospital though.
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Post by thejackiedaytona on Jan 17, 2024 15:05:04 GMT
Two weeks? That's pretty unheard of these days for something simple. Hope she makes a full recovery.
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