The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh hosted Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark at Windsor Castle on their first State Visit to Britain on this day in 1974, 50 years ago, which was followed by the British State Visit to Denmark in 1979, and another Danish State Visit to Britain in 2000, celebrating the close relationships between the Kingdoms and the Royal Families.
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Queen Mary at the Opera, 1939
Royal Family at Badminton Horse Trials, 1954
Danish State Visit to The Netherlands, 1954
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands hosted King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark on their State Visit to The Netherlands on this day in 1954, 70 years ago, following the Dutch State Visit to Denmark in 1953.
Gala Performance of ‘Cinderella’, 1949
Wedding of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 1994
Prince Edward and Princess Margaret were among the Guests at the Wedding of Lord Ivar Mountbatten and Penelope Thompson at the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Clare in Suffolk on this day in 1994, 30 years ago.
Wedding of the Nawab of Pataudi and the Begum of Bhopal, 1939
Royal Guests from around India gathered in Bhopal to celebrate the Wedding of the Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and Princess Sajida Sultan, the 12th Nawab Begum of Bhopal on this day in 1939.
Gala Performance in Windsor, 1939
Swedish State Visit to The Netherlands, 2009
The Dutch Royal Family hosted King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden on their second State Visit to The Netherlands on this day in 2009, 15 years ago, following their previous State Visit to The Netherlands in 1976 and the Dutch State Visit to Sweden in 1987.
Wedding of Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria led the Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe at the Wedding of her two grandchildren, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg on this day in 1894, 130 years ago.