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HM The Queen was joined by Duchesses Camilla and Catherine for a royal visit to Fortnum and Mason, the shop that has brought the best food in the world into the heart of London for three centuries.

The Queen officially opened the Fortnum and Mason Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, unveiling a plaque to commemorate the event.

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HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall will be begin their tour of Scandinavian countries in late March, and their first stop will be Norway. The tour marks the start of Their Royal Highnesses’ official overseas celebrations of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

King Harald and Queen Sonja will host the couple during their stay in Norway. Charles and Camilla will perform official duties which include visiting Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, attending a banquet at the Royal Palace in Oslo, and visiting the Nobel Peace Center to meet the survivors from the 2011 Utøya island massacre.

This tour will also be a time to visit with family – Charles’ great-grandfather was the brother of Harald’s grandmother (King George V was the brother of Princess Maud of Wales, who later became Queen of Norway).

After Norway, the British royals will visit Sweden. It is highly likely that the couple will get a chance to meet the new heir to the Swedish throne – Crown Princess Victoria is due to give birth in the early days of March. Though the prince has met King Carl XVI Gustaf, this will be Charles’ first official visit to Sweden.

The Windsors are also connected to the Bernadottes of Sweden through Gustaf VI Adolf, who was married first to Princess Margaret of Connaught (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) and then to Princess Louise of Battenberg (the sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten).

The next stop will be Denmark to pay a visit to Queen Margrethe II, another family member. Like Elizabeth II, Queen Margrethe is celebrating a Jubilee this year – 2012 marks her 40th year on the Danish throne. She is related to the British royal family through her grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught. Charles was previously in Denmark in 2009, and his son William, along with wife Catherine, visited Copenhagen and met with Crown Prince Frederik to view UNICEF relief operations in November 2011.

The tour will take place from March 20th to 27th.

Related articles

• Queen Margrethe marks 40 years on Denmark’s throne (cbsnews.com)
• Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to Visit Scandinavia (royalcorrespondent.com)

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As if the Norwegian princess wasn’t cute enough, she is now singing in a new video, seen at Diez Minutos TV (Haakon isn’t bad, either!).