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Jan 2025
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Princesses of Wales

Lindsay Holiday
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In September 2022 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge became Princess of Wales, the title previously held by her late mother in law, Diana. Let’s meet the 16 Princesses of Wales, both Native Welsh and English royal...

Joan, Lady of Wales

Isabella de Braose

Eleanor de Montfort

Elizabeth Ferrers

Joan of Kent

Margaret Hanmer

Anne Neville

Catherine of Aragon

Caroline of Ansbach

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Caroline of Brunswick

Alexandra of Denmark

Mary of Teck

Lady Diana Spenser

Camilla Shand

Catherine Middleton

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