Today, they are children and teenagers. But they carry a burden shared by few others because in due course they will be on the throne of their respective nations.
As he turns 20, Prince Gabriel of Belgium can reflect that, in his own modest way, he is a part of history. For in any previous generation, Gabriel would have been king.
The daughter of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Maxima , 16, has arrived in Italy to commence her studies at the United World College Adriatic.
Following her death last year, the Royal Family celebrated the Queen s relationship with the Armed Forces, describing her as one of our last links to the extraordinary wartime generation.