{"id":642967,"date":"2025-12-19T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/642967\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:44:13","slug":"royal-news-recap-a-rare-archie-and-lilibet-sighting-royal-health-update-and-a-big-christmas-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/642967\/","title":{"rendered":"ROYAL NEWS RECAP: A rare Archie and Lilibet sighting, royal health update, and a big Christmas thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"eUQaKP4_0b\">As I close this blog out for 2025, I want to thank all of YOU for following along with us this past year on HELLO&#8217;s brand new royal blog.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eppQyeuYwjx\" data-wc=\"45\">2025 has been a significant year for the royals across the globe.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eKdlCEBft17\" data-wc=\"45\">In Britain, the Princess of Wales began the year by <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/741025\/kate-middleton-confirms-remission-personal-message\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing she is in remission from cancer\u00a0<\/a>after making an emotional return to the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London, where she received treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eE9qvqaeWQE\" data-wc=\"45\">King Charles ended the year by <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/872629\/king-charles-announces-reduced-cancer-treatment\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirming his cancer\u00a0<\/a>treatment will be reduced in 2026, while the King also made the decision this year to strip his brother\u00a0Andrew of all royal titles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"egGiYkSE5ny\" data-wc=\"45\">Several royal babies were born in 2025, notably <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/740070\/princess-beatrice-welcomes-second-baby-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi in Janaury to Britain&#8217;s Princess Beatrice\u00a0<\/a>and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and Princess Amina bint Abdullah II in February to Princess Iman and Jameel Thermiotis of Jordan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eJ9zdhMI3T\"><a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/brides\/852996\/princess-marie-caroline-liechtenstein-royal-wedding-dress\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein and Venezuelan businessman Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer tied the knot\u00a0<\/a>on August 30, 2025, while the <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/846822\/real-reason-prince-william-took-prince-charlotte-womens-euro-final\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish princesses met Princess Charlotte<\/a> at the Euros, Princess Ingrid Alexandra moved to Australia for university, and Grand Duke Henri abdicated after 25 years, passing the Luxembourg crown to his eldest <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/859774\/new-grand-duke-guillaume-luxembourg-pictured-first-time-ascension\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">son, Grand Duke Guillaume.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"e2rR3LDina\">Thank you for the comments, questions, and analysis you&#8217;ve sent over email; for listening to Andrea and Emmy and Emily on the\u00a0<a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLS8IhKCBFFo9uk32JPXD9CvYX3xiz3quq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\">Right Royal Podcast<\/a>; for subscribing to our<a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/royalclub.hellomagazine.com\/subscribe?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=promo_block&amp;utm_campaign=royalty_section&amp;_gl=1*1cy4l4w*_gcl_au*MTI0ODY1OTQ2Ny4xNzYwNzMyNjU2*_ga*NzM0MDc5MDUwLjE3MzAyMTQzODI.*_ga_CG5KZJ0XNF*czE3NjQwOTgzNDYkbzEwNjEkZzEkdDE3NjQwOTgzOTAkajE2JGwwJGgw\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Royal Club\u00a0<\/a>substack; and engaging with us across social media from TikTok to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eT0lsCEP58\" data-wc=\"94\">This Christmas, we&#8217;re gifting you with extraordinary bundles. For the first time, our full range of products, from luxury print editions to instant digital access, is available in one curated package.<\/p>\n<p id=\"evmt8n9une\" data-wc=\"94\">Happy holidays!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As I close this blog out for 2025, I want to thank all of YOU for following along&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[13080,72580,5105,7710,519,448,7796],"class_list":{"0":"post-642967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-european-royals","10":"tag-royal","11":"tag-royal-families","12":"tag-royal-family","13":"tag-royals","14":"tag-royalty"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}