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It was Corinna Larsen, a Monaco-based business consultant known for her relationship with Spain’s former monarch Juan Carlos I, who first talked in public about marriage. In statements to the BBC in August of last year, she asserted that her father told her in 2009 that Juan Carlos had asked him for her hand. “He called me up and said the king had come to see him and told him he was very much in love with me, and intended to marry me,” she said in that interview. “He also told my father he couldn’t do it straight away, it might take some time. He wanted my father to k...

Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, moments after breaking into the Chamber of Deputies, on the afternoon of February 23, 1981, which began a coup in Spain, with the seizure of Parliament and armed uprisings in several cities. Its failure ended up consolidating the recently restored democracy. Credit: RTVE. MIAMI, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Forty years ago, on February 23, 1981 (later known as 23-F), in the middle of the afternoon in a cold Madrid atmosphere, the most serious attack against the reborn Spanish democracy took place. An armed contingent of more than 200 Civil Guard agents invaded the C...

17th January 2021 By Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway) from Oslo, Norway - Ekteparet Sonja og Harald hilser publikum fra slottsbalkongen sammen med HM Kong Olav, No restrictions, Wikimedia Commons On 17 January 1991, King Olav of Norway suffered a fatal heart attack, following nearly a year of health problems, and passed away at the age of 87. He was succeeded by his son, Harald, who marks 30 years on the Norwegian throne today. Though he’d been born Prince Alexander of Denmark at Sandringham in the United Kingdom, once his father was named king of a newly independent Norway, Alexan...

Exiled former Spanish King Juan Carlos receives birthday visit from daughter The 83-year-old was recently photographed in public, which marked his first appearance since August 2020. January 7, 2021 09:50 GMT Spain's former King Juan Carlos I, who has been in self-exile in the UAE for the past few months due to corruption allegations surrounding him, was visited by his eldest child on his recent birthday. Juan Carlos I celebrated his 83rd birthday on Tuesday, January 5, at a hotel in Abu Dhabi where he has been living since August 2020. Infanta Elena, his first child and elder daughter whom h...

324 shares In the photo, identical-looking sisters Leonor and Sofía are both dressed casually, with their hair swept back in high ponytails and with an absence of face masks. Leonor, 15, showcases her seasonal style in a high-neck cream jumper paired with a black body warmer, meanwhile Sofia dons a check coat and beige knitwear.    The photograph chosen for the Christmas card was likely to have been taken during the family's visit to Somao in Northern Spain in October (pictured) The sweet snap is believed to have been taken during the Spanish royal family's visit to Somao in October. The...