The Harry and Sophie Show

Prince Harry at the ICAP charity day also attended by the Countess of Wessex

(photo Kensington Palace Instagram)

Take a prince fresh from a highly successful tour who also happens to have made headlines by going to visit his new girlfriend on his way home and a countess who has built up a formidable reputation for charity work, put them together and what do you get? The Harry and Sophie show.

Princess Anne takes the Royal Wardrobe poll

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It's not a sentence you get to read all that often but Princess Anne is the winner of this week's Royal Wardrobe poll. The princess who was on the cover of Vogue years before the Duchess of Cambridge was even born topped the survey to find the best look of the week. And when you turn up to the celebrations for Team GB's Rio Olympic success in a sparkling green dress like this, who's still looking surprised?

The Royal 2016 - Madeleine, making fairytales come true

Time for a fairytale moment from the royal 2016. A beautiful princess in her perfect dress and sparkling with jewels appeared in a palace and sat down to tea. But this was no story book. Princess Madeleine of Sweden threw open the doors of her royal home in February this year to treat seriously ill children to an afternoon of pure magic.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden hosts a very special party for some very special children

(photo Kate Gabor/ kungahuset.se)

The Royal Christmas Spirit

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians gets musical in time for Christmas

(photo MonarchieBe Twitter)

It's time to admit it, stop ignoring it and enjoy it. The Christmas season is well and truly upon us and as if the baubles in the shops and the tinsel on the trees wasn't enough to confirm it. Europe's royals have had a right old festive frenzy to get us all in the party spirit. December 6th was awash with regal festive events - time to enjoy the royal Christmas spirit.

Palaces in the Snow: Amalienborg

Frederick VIII's Palace at Amalienborg dressed in its winter best

(photo rosenborg_amalienborg Instagram)

What could be better than one royal palace, decked in snow? How about four all dusted in flakes. The Amalienborg in Copenhagen is made up of a quartet of identical palaces set around a sqaure and one of the best known royal statues in Europe.  It's a picture perfect setting at the best of times but in the snow, it takes on a fairytale quality all of its own.