February 27, 2003. Visiting Belfast, Queen Elizabeth carried out her first full day of official engagements since her knee surgery last month.
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February 26, 2003. The Earl of Snowdon denied that his late ex-wife Princess Margaret demanded "extravagant" sums from the government.
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February 24, 2003. California welcomed Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium.
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The King and Queen of Sweden will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Thailand starting tomorrow.
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Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan is enjoying being a father.
The Scotsman article
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan once lectured the young Princess Margaret on the importance of royal duties.
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February 22, 2003. Letters from the future King Edward VIII to one of his girlfriends are to be auctioned next month.
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February 20, 2003. Prince Charles is taking on the patronage of 21 of the Queen Mother's charities.
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February 19, 2003. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, began her new career as a full-time royal with the patronage of several charities.
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February 18, 2003. Japan's Emperor Akihito resumed official duties.
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February 17, 2003. In what has been called an "offence to Spain and its democratic monarchy," Governor Jeb Bush of Florida mistakenly referred to the kingdom as a republic.
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The Greek government will not prevent King Constantine from attending the 2004 Olympics, as long as he does not "offend democracy."
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King Constantine, Queen Anne-Marie, and three of their children paid a surprise visit to Greece.
Ekathimerini article
Prince Charles is allegedly considering asking his mother for permission to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
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February 14, 2003. Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, 30, niece of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, criticized the Dutch royal family and accused her father Prince Carlo Hugo of having fathered an illegitimate son by his housekeeper.
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More on the reburial of Romania's King Carol II:
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Princess Anne blamed badgers for bovine tuberculosis.
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Members of the British royal family lost their traditional jury exemption.
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Hong Kong abandoned a proposal to move a statue of King George VI to make way for one of Sun Yat-sen.
Telegraph article
February 13, 2003. The remains of King Carol II were finally returned to Romania.
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Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium are expecting their second child.
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Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein defended his proposed constitutional reforms.
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The traditional king of Congo's Teke people claims that the French government owes him a palace.
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Faye Dunaway will star in a movie about the Duchess of Windsor's alleged affair with Jimmy Donahue.
Telegraph article
Critics of German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have likened him to Kaiser Wilhelm II for indiscreet comments about Britain.
Telegraph article
February 12, 2003. In an interview, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams insisted that Prince Charles should preserve the traditional designation "Defender of the Faith" when he becomes king.
Telegraph article
Queen Elizabeth celebrated the first victory of one of her horses in a jump race since 1949.
Times Online article
As Emperor Akihito recovers from cancer, the Japanese monarchy has never seemed more open.
Yahoo! News article
February 10, 2003. Queeen Rania of Jordan and Queen Silvia of Sweden were honored in Germany for their humanitarian work.
Hello! article
The Sultan of Brunei's second wife may be eligible for the biggest divorce settlement in history.
Hello! article
February 9, 2003. Romania plans to rebury the remains of King Carol II (1893-1953) near Bucharest.
The Saudi royal family is considering asking U.S. troops to leave as a prelude to democratic reforms.
New York Times article
February 8, 2003. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark confirmed the seriousness of his romance with Australian Mary Donaldson in a TV interview.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Scientist James Watson attacked the Prince of Wales's views on genetically modified crops.
Telegraph article
The government of New Zealand plans to abolish the legal title "Queen's Counsel," replacing it with "Senior Counsel."
Telegraph article
Former private secretary Patrick Jephson revived the debate over Princess Diana's will.
Telegraph article
February 7, 2003. The Prince of Wales endorsed British beef and discussed Anglo-French relations with President Jacques Chirac.
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More on the Ivan IV/Rasputin canonization controversy:
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February 6, 2003. Prince Charles visited Paris for the first time since the death there of his ex-wife Diana, Princess of Wales.
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The Sultan of Brunei's decision to divorce his second wife has confused his subjects.
Telegraph article
The Russian Orthodox Church is divided by a campaign to canonize Tsar Ivan IV "the Terrible" and notorious royal advisor Grigori Rasputin.
Telegraph article
February 5, 2003. A new exhibition sheds light on the personal side of Queen Elizabeth I.
Guardian article
A Scottish former BBC executive was appointed senior aide to the Prince of Wales.
The Scotsman article
February 4, 2003. More on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson:
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February 2, 2003. Queen Elizabeth seems to be recovering well from her knee operation.
BBC News article
The Queen Mother's thoughts on a wide variety of subjects were recorded on secret tapes which will be given to her official biographer.
Telegraph article
February 1, 2003. The Queen approved plans for Windsor Castle to use hydroelectric power.
BBC News article