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Their Most Catholic Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attending the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis

1930. La reina Victoria Eugenia asiste a la Semana Santa de Sevilla; en la fotografía, el palio de @Hdad_Trinidad. Está acompañada de sus hijas (infantas Beatriz y María Cristina), su cuñada Irene (marquesa de Carisbroke) y la princesa Elena de Orleans (duquesa de Aosta).

#OTD, 28 July 1860, Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born at Peterhof Palace Anastasia was granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I, wife of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and mother of Queen Alexandrine of Denmark and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia

#OTD, 27 July 1932, Archduchess Gisela of Austria died in Munich Gisela was the eldest surviving daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elizabeth (Sisi) of Austria. She married her second cousin Prince Leopold of Bavaria. The couple had a long and happy marriage

Queen Elizabeth II playing with her corgis while watching Prince Philip participating in the Marathon Coaching Event of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1973

#OTD, 27 June 1889, Princess Louise of Wales married Alexander Duff, 6th earl of Fife and later 1st Duke of Fife at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace Louise preferred to marry a British aristocrat rather than a foreign prince that would take her away from home

King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway with their son Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav V of Norway) aboard the Royal Yacht during the royal outing in Bogdøy , Summer of 1908

Queen Elizabeth II enjoying a cup of tea during her royal visit to Northern Ireland, 1977

Princess Elizabeth with her eldest son Prince Charles, 1948

#OTD, 25 July 1876, Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians was born at Possenhofen Castle in Bavaria Elizabeth was the Daughter of Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria and his second wife Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, she was named after her aunt Empress Elizabeth (Sisi) of Austria

Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Great Park, 1985

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with their daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, 1942

King Albert I of the Belgians with his wife Queen Elizabeth, born Duchess in Bavaria and their three children; Crown Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, later King Leopold III, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders; Princess Marie-José, later Queen of Italy at the Castle of Laeken, 1920

#OTD, 23 July 1885, Princess Beatrice of the UK married Prince Henry of Battenberg at St. Mildred’s church, Isle of Wight When Beatrice told her mother of her desire to mary, Queen Victoria didn’t speak to her for 7 months. Finally, Victoria approved the marriage with conditions

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at St Paul's Cathedral for the annual National Service for Seafarers, 1947

Princess Maud of Wales in her wedding dress, 1896

#OTD, 22 July 1896, Prince Carl of Denmark married Princess Maud of Wales at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace Carl and Maud were 1st cousins and he was 3 years younger than her. Carl Proposed to Maud during a family reunion at Fredensborg Castle and she accepted

Little Prince Charles aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia while waiting the return of their Parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, from their royal tour to Australia, 1954

#OTD, 21 July 1858, Maria Cristina of Austria, Queen of Spain was born at Židlochovice Castle in Moravia, Czechia Maria was pregnant when her husband died and ruled as regent during the vacancy of the throne until Alfonso XIII’s birth and his coming of age between 1885 and 1902

Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at Buckingham Palace after Elizabeth and Philip’s wedding ceremony, 1947

#OTD, 20 July 1951, Wilhelm, the last German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia died in Hechingen, Germany 5 years after his exile, Wilhelm returned to Germany after promising to remain out of politics. However, he supported Hitler’s activities until 1934.