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Royal Highlights 2025

It’s that time of year again! For the few days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025, with today’s feature focusing on the new Pope and Grand Duke in Luxembourg, the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, several Royal Weddings, and numerous glittering State Visits!

[As always, click on the link/image to get to the article on each event]

Table of Contents

New Year’s Reception at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Danish New Year’s Banquet

Luxembourg New Year’s Reception

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Wedding PartyWedding of Prince Nikolaos of Greece

The Accession of Aga Khan V

King Harald’s 88th Birthday Dinner

Arts and Culture Gala at Christiansborg Palace

Danish State Visit to Finland

Dutch State Visit to Cyprus

Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey

Dutch State Visit to Kenya

Singapore State Visit to Belgium

Singapore State Visit to Luxembourg

British State Visit to Italy

Icelandic State Visit to Norway

Oman State Visit to the Netherlands

Raja of Perlis’ Silver Jubilee Banquet

Princess Isabella’s 18th Birthday Gala

Queen Margrethe II’s 85th Birthday | Birthday Dinner

Easter at Windsor Castle

Princess Isabella’s 18th Birthday

Funeral of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Funeral of Pope Francis

Icelandic State Visit to Sweden

VE Day 80th Anniversary Parade

VE Day 80th Anniversary Service at Westminster Abbey

VE Day 80th Anniversary Concert

Diplomatic Gala at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam

Order of the Bath Service at Westminster Abbey

Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV

Norwegian Constitution Day

Dutch State Visit to the Czech Republic

Christening of Princess Ines of Sweden

Trooping the Colour 2025

NATO Dinner at the Huis ten Bosch Palace

French State Banquet at the Royal Palace of Oslo

French State Visit to Britain | Guildhall Banquet

Royalty at Wimbeldon 2025

Belgian National Day 2025

Wedding of Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein

Coming-Of-Age of Prince Hisahito of Japan

Prinsjesdag 2025

Funeral of the Duchess of Kent

American State Visit to Britain

Accession of Grand Duke Guillaume V of Luxembourg

Grand Duke Guillaume’s Accession Gala

Italian State Visit to Belgium

British State Visit to the Vatican

Wedding of the Crown Prince of Selangor

Parliament Gala at the Royal Palace of Oslo

Danish State Visit to Latvia

Royalty at the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum

Royal Festival of Remembrance | Remembrance Sunday

Oman State Visit to Spain

Diplomatic Reception at Windsor Castle

Monaco National Day Gala

Royal Lunch at El Pardo Palace

German State Visit to Spain

Queen Margrethe’s Ballet Premiere at Tivoli

Le Bal des Débutantes

Dutch State Visit to Suriname

German State Visit to Britain | Guildhall Banquet

Bishops’ Gala Dinner at the Royal Palace of Oslo

Nobel Prize Ceremony | King’s Dinner for Nobel Laureates

Finnish State Visit to The Netherlands

State Visits 2025

Royal Weddings 2025

Royal Tiaras 2025

The Royal Watcher in 2025

Royal Highlights 2025

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Writers at Lord’s Press come from a range of professional backgrounds, including history, diplomacy, heraldry, and public administration. Many publish anonymously or under initials—a practice that reflects the publication’s long-standing emphasis on discretion and editorial objectivity. While they bring expertise in European nobility, protocol, and archival research, their role is not to opine, but to document. Their focus remains on accuracy, historical integrity, and the preservation of events and individuals whose significance might otherwise go unrecorded.

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