The royals may be preparing to wind down ahead of the Christmas break, but this week was anything but quiet. From glittering banquets to milestone family moments, the past few days delivered an array of standout royal highlights.

A dazzling state banquet in Sweden in honour of the Nobel Prize brought with it a feast of tiaras, glamorous gowns and show-stopping jewels. Speaking of jewels, over in the Netherlands Princess Amalia stepped out in her mother Queen Máxima ’s favourite tiara, and that necklace certainly didn’t go unnoticed.

Meanwhile in the UK, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi celebrated the christening of their second daughter, Athena. The intimate ceremony was attended by her grandparents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson , who m

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