Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her longtime boyfriend Jonas Bergstrom are seen as they announce their engagement at Solliden Palace, near Borgholm, Oland island, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009. A date for the wedding has not been set, but Royal Court spokeswoman Annika Sonnerberg said it will be after Crown Princess Victoria's wedding in June 2010 (Reuters pictures)

Six months after the announcement of her sister’s engagement, the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, princess Madeleine announced hers on the 11th of August 2009 with her now fiancé Jonas Bergström.

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Newlyweds Prince and Princess d'Orleans, Duke and Duchess of Vendome posing in the gardens of 7th arrondissement's town hall. Paris, FRANCE - 19/3/2009. (SIPA, David Nivière)

R&Co – March 22, 2009.

PARIS –

On thursday afternoon, the civil wedding of Prince Jean d’Orleans, Duke of Vendome, to Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart was celebrated at the 7th arrondissement’s town hall. Lire Plus

R&Co – February 24, 2009.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden shows off her ring as she and her fiance Daniel Westling meet the press at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lief R. Jansson, Scanpix)

The Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is engaged to long term boyfriend, Daniel Westling, has announced today the Royal Court of Sweden. The couple will marry in early summer of 2010. 

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The Jerusalem Post - 15 Feb 2009 - By SARAH LYALL

LONDON – Britons generally agree – or say they do – that being racist is bad and that making racist remarks is wrong. But there is no national consensus on what that means, exactly.

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Evening Standard Magazine - 13 Feb 2009

Evening Standard Magazine

Poor old Prince Harry. Chelsy Davy has given him the boot, another excruciating gaffe recently hit the front pages, and even his very own charity, Sentebale, seems to be strangely uncharitable. Mark Hollingsworth unravels a regrettable tale of palace politics and misdemeanours.

When Prince Harry discovered last year that the charity he founded had given just £84,000 to help AIDS orphans in Africa – despite raising £1.15 million – he was enraged. Just three years previously he had been so touched by the plight of abandoned and HIV-infected children at an orphanage in the impoverished state of Lesotho in South Africa that he set up the charity Sentebale. He poured his heart and soul into the project and raised vast sums from sales of his ITV documentary The Forgotten Kingdom, polo events, the star-studded Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium and public donations.

13 Feb 2009 - Evening Standard Second edition.

The Press - 14 Feb 2009.

A thoroughly modern monarch: Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) in the upcoming historical drama ‘The Young Victoria’

The Independent, Arts & Books - 13 Feb 2009 - ‘The Young Victoria’ is released on 6 March.

‘The Young Victoria’ goes a step further than other films about royalty. It is co-produced by Sarah Ferguson and has a cameo for her daughter, Princess Beatrice. Alice Jones reports.

If you’re quick, at the beginning of the historical biopic, The Young Victoria, you can catch glimpse of Princess Beatrice making her movie debut. Actually, you don’t need to be all that quick. The flamehaired princess is practically the first person on the screen, strewing rose petals at the tiny determined feet of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) as she strides up the aisle of Westminster Abbey for her coronation. A blast of “Zadok the Priest”, a stunning aerial shot of the vaulted ceiling, a swish of ermine, a flash of diamond … And there she is again! A vaguely embarrassed lady-in-waiting in a frou-frou confection of ivory tulle and pink silk roses, studiously not looking at the camera.

The Herald - 13 Feb 2009

The Daily Telegraph - 13 Feb 2009 - By Andrew Pierce

RARELY-SEEN photographs of the Queen recording her first public speech have been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the relaunch of the Royal family’s website.