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Scandal Revisits the Spanish Royal Family [Article from 26/9/24]
Spain’s royals maintain a stiff upper lip in the face of recent tawdry claims by Queen Letizia’s former lover and brother-in-law. But are the romantic rumors obscuring the fact that the monarchy…
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Rough year for Norway’s royals, rocked by ‘biggest scandal’ [Article from 7/12/24]
Oslo (AFP) – A string of rape and assault allegations against the son of Norway’s future queen have plunged the royal family into its “biggest scandal” ever, wrapping up an “annus horribilis” for…
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The Other Royal Scandals Piquing Our Interest
Forget the House of Windsor’s problems with Prince Harry’s upcoming memoir Spare – these European dynasties have also been in crisis recently with family dramas of their own … The House of Glucksburg, Denmark…
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Ghislaine Maxwell denies seeing ‘inappropriate’ conduct by Trump [Article from 23/8/25]
Maxwell denied many of the theories that have become focal points of conspiracy theories about the Epstein case. Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has told US officials…
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Prince Harry Faces Accusations of Bullying from Charity Leader After Resignation [Article from 30/3/25]
In 2006, he co-founded Sentebale, a charity supporting young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana. Now, the organization is at the center of a controversy. The charity’s chairwoman, Sophie…
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Behind the Palace Walls: The Scandals Rocking Europe’s Royal Families [Article from 23/9/24]
Photo: Shutterstock While many European monarchies were abolished after the World Wars, 12 remain. Despite the decline of monarchies across Europe, several royal families maintain significant influence and public interest, often causing…
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Cocaine, Jeffrey Epstein and a dead elephant: Royals behaving badly vex Europe’s leaders [Article from 22/8/24]
Monarchies endure while repeated scandals trigger embarrassment for top politicians. Marius Borg Høiby, from the Norwegian royal family, admitted assaulting his girlfriend during a cocaine binge. | Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Tempus…
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Yes, Mountbatten was an alleged pedophile, and “The Crown” gets Irish history wrong [Article from 23/11/20]
The context in which “The Crown” presents Lord Mountbatten and his assassination by the IRA in 1979 is intriguing. Is the scene in the smash hit “The Crown” on Netflix where the…
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Mountbatten, the Royal who abused boys aged 8-12. By David Burke. [Article from 16/5/21]
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has displayed no interest in Lord Louis Mountbatten’s links to the Anglo-Irish Vice Ring. Its members preyed upon Kincora Boys’ Home and other child…
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Prince’s Trust ‘covering its backside’ over child migrant abuse, David Hill says [Article from 10/7/17]
Former Australian ABC managing director tells UK inquiry the youth charity set up by Prince Charles had child abuse files years before expressing abhorrence The former Australian ABC managing director David Hill…