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Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Royal Wedding Recollections – Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

On 25 August 2001, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Oslo Cathedral. They had met in 1999 through mutual friends but the match was not without controversy. Mette-Marit already had a four-year-old son named Marius from a previous relationship and she had reportedly used drugs and was a heavy partier. Haakon [read more]

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Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Royal Wedding Recollections – King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

On 31 May 1906, Madrid lavishly celebrated a royal wedding. King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who had been born posthumously to King Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria Christina of Austria, was set the marry the beautiful 18-year-old Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Victoria Eugenie was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her youngest daughter [read more]

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Royal Wedding Recollections

Royal Wedding Recollections – Catherine Middleton & Prince William

On 29 April 2011, Catherine Middleton married her long-term boyfriend Prince William, who was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus upon marriage, so that Catherine would become known as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. Although she is not entitled to be called “Princess Catherine”, she does have the status [read more]