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Hello, Royal Clubbers, it’s Millie here. Isabelle is currently taking The Royal Romantic overseas as she reports on the ground from a certain celebrity wedding in Venice, so I’m filling in for her this month.

For this month’s edition of The Royal Romantic, we’re marking the 14th wedding anniversary of Monaco’s own royal couple, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene.

I’d be the first to tell you that this couple’s journey from first meeting to a huge wedding celebration to starting a family has not always been so picture-perfect. From paternity scandals to wedding day tears, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene’s love story is sure proof that true love can triumph.

Read on to discover how their love survived an early scandal, the design stamp Charlene put on her outfit for the couple’s civil wedding ceremony, and what happened when she fled the royal fold in 2021.

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Hello Royal Romantics,

After looking at the results of our recent poll, I see that many of you have a great interest in King Felipe and Queen Letizia – particularly their wedding – so I thought I would treat you all to a look back at their royal romance.

Much like many of the UK royals, Felipe didn't comply with convention when it came to finding his one true love.

Letizia, who is now famed for her excellency as the Queen of Spain – and her unbelievably chic royal wardrobe – was born to a journalist father and nurse mother with no stake in the royal family whatsoever.

Much like our own Princess of Wales, whose on-point sense of style is often compared to that of Letizia's, the future Queen's world flipped on its head when she fell in love with her royal beau.

Read on to discover

• Who brought the unlikely couple together

• Why divorcee Letizia was allowed to marry Felipe

• Why Letizia’s wedding gown was headline-making in its own right

• What Felipe said in his wedding speech

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Hello Royal Romantics!

I hope the April showers aren't dampening your mood, but never fear, I am here with another glorious royal romance.

This week I will be delving into the delicious details of Prince William and Princess Catherine's fairytale - including one sliding doors moment that could have been from a romcom!

Keep scrolling as we take a look back at the future King and Queen's spellbinding love story…

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Hi Royal Romantics!

While I know we all adore casting our eyes back to salacious rendezvous of the past, today I’m turning my attention to a hotblooded royal of a more recent vintage.

Coined the "hardest working royal", Princess Anne has never deviated from a professional path of duty and dedication to the Crown. Her romantic path, on the other hand, has contained rather more twists and turns.

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Hello Royal Clubbers!

I hope you have a spring in your step as the sunshine is starting to appear ahead of the new season. If not, never fear, I have the perfect antidote to your winter blues… the bafflingly unheralded Emma of Normandy!

Despite Emma’s credentials as one time Queen of England, Queen consort to two kings, mother of two more and stepmother to another, many people have no idea who she is.

But let me enlighten you, because as well as the aforementioned achievements, at a time when women had no rights, Emma was also one of richest women in the country. Furthermore, she even had a hand in the events that took place in every pub quizzer’s favourite battle: 1066’s Battle of Hastings. You could say she was the ultimate Middle Ages feminist icon!

Read on for more on epic Emma’s life and to discover why she is such a fitting candidate for The Royal Romantic treatment…

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Hello Royal Romantics,

I hope you all had a glorious Christmas and New Year and are ready to be plunged back into the riveting world of royal romances.

I am kicking off 2025 with a tryst of the early modern variety, and no I'm not talking about the man who managed to score six wonderful wives. Instead, my eyes are fixed on his sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, whose own heart-racing romance is also worthy of a West End production.

It will come as no surprise that 16th-century marriages were nothing more than a way to establish political alliances, but Mary had other ideas.

As you will discover, like headstrong Henry, she did not mess about when it came to finding a love match, even if she did have to agree to a strategic marriage to further his aims. But did it all end happily ever after for Mary? Read on to find out and, as ever, do please leave your thoughts in the comments…

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The French Queen

Despite only being married to the French King Louis XII of France for three months, Princess Mary Tudor of England was known as "The French Queen," but her marriage to Louis was a mere drop in the ocean of scandal that surrounded her affairs of the heart.

Prior to her marriage to Louis, Mary was completely besotted with her brother's best friend, Charles Brandon.

Charles and Henry were thick as thieves, growing up together after Charles' father died defending Henry’s father at the Battle of Bosworth. Under such fraternal circumstances, I am sure you can only imagine the chaos that ensued when Henry learnt of Charles’ deep affections for his very own sister – especially given Charles’ licentious reputation…

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Merry Christmas, royal clubbers!

I hope you have had a wonderful festive period celebrating with your nearest and dearest.

However, if the big day wasn't fraught with enough intensity, then never fear, as my second Royal Romantic newsletter is packed with enough emotional vicissitudes to keep you entertained until 2025!

In my second post, I delve into one famously scandal-ridden duo who not only followed their hearts but, in doing so, caused the most famous constitutional crisis of the 20th century.

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Hello Royal Clubbers, it’s Isabelle here with a brand new monthly newsletter guaranteed to set your hearts ablaze and your pulses racing.

It is all well and good revelling in the glow of resplendent royal outfits or keeping up to date with the Firm's escapades overseas, but if you’re like me, then there is nothing more thrilling than a royal love story.

Why? Well despite their prim and proper reputations, when it comes to affairs of the heart, many royals wouldn’t look out of place in the passionate pages of a Mills & Boon bestseller.

So join me each month as I dissect the piping-hot details of history’s most captivating royal entanglements – and don’t forget to let me know in the comments if there are any sweet or sordid royal relationships you would like me to explore in future editions.

In my debut post, I delve into a liaison between a future King of England and the ultimate 18th Century It-Girl. What transpired, however, was the antithesis of a fairytale romance…

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