The Week that was in Royalty

Adorable Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine on their official portrait as they turn 3. Image: http://kongehuset.dk.

It's been a pretty tough week for the Spanish royals as Infanta Cristina faces fraud charges. Meanwhile, good news for Saudi royals, as Prince Alwaleed has been hailed as Saudi's most influential citizen.  More also on Prince William's going back to school and Queen Elizabeth's break from tradition of accepting flowers from well-wishers Sandringham. All these and more on the hottest news about the world of royalty.

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King Juan Carlos should abdicate, say two thirds of Spaniards

Meet Emma McQuiston, Britain's soon-to-be first black marchioness... and why the groom's parents refused to attend the wedding

Pictures of Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine as they turn 3

Preliminary charges again filed against Spain's Princess Cristina

Prince Alwaleed ‘most influential Arab’ in 2013

Prince Harry to move into Kensington Palace

Prince William begins agriculture course at Cambridge

Prince William dashes home from Cambridge University to be with Kate on her birthday

Queen breaks with tradition again today as she declines to accept flowers from hopeful children at Sandringham

Spanish fraud case batters image of monarchy

Zara Phillips becomes first member of Royal family to appearin video game

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal loses court battle, Scandal-hit Infanta Cristina moves to Switzerland and More Royal Updates!

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal loses court case against woman he owes £6.5 million to after giving 'confusing and unreliable' evidence. The prince says he now plans to appeal against the judge's ruling [MailOnline]

Scandal-hit Infanta Cristina of Spain decides to move with her children to work in Switzerland two months after a court named her in a corruption case against her husband. [Telegraph]

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is set to move out of hospital for the first time in four years. [ABC]

Nigeria's traditional Monarchs may have been stripped of their powers half a century ago, but they appear to have lost little of their regal pomp and splendour as this fascinating series of portraits shows. [MailOnline]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are now ready to move into their new home, Anmer Hall, in the Queen’s Sandringham estate. [Telegraph]

With the celebrations of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming of royal baby George, royals enjoy all-time high support from Britons. [Express]

Princess Diana was ready to move to Pakistan to be with surgeon Hasnat Khan. A new article in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair claims that Diana was 'madly in love' with Hasnat. [Daily Beast]

Princess Charlene leads Monaco's royal family at the glamorous Love Ball in Monte Carlo. [Hello]

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