a keen womanizer that the only woman he does not spend much time with is his wife, Greek-born Queen Sofia. According to Pilar Eyre, King Juan Carlos, now 74, and Queen Sofia have not shared a bed for 35 years. In fact, the new book, “The Solitude of the Queen”, says, following an operation on a benign lung tumor at a Barcelona hospital in 2010, the woman who spent most of the time consoling King…
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has abdicated and handed the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander. Queen Beatrix, 75, signed the instrument of abdication in Amsterdam after 33 years on the throne. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander has now become the country’s first king since 1890. Huge crowds of orange-clad partygoers are in Amsterdam to pay tribute to the popular queen, who maintained a…
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Masked protester runs onto court at French Open men's finalA masked protester waving a lit flare ran onto the court at the men's final of the French Open tennis in Paris but was restrained by security before he could interrupt the…
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