Nadia Osei-Mensah

Born in Accra, raised in Copenhagen, educated in Tokyo. Fluent in five languages and equally fluent in the customs, cultures, and complexities of royal families from every corner of the globe. Passionate about the royals the Western press ignores. "Every crown tells a different story. I'm here to translate."
International Royals

The Crown That Weighs 7.3 Kilograms, and the Ceremony That Has Carried It for Seven Centuries

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The Great Crown of Victory weighs 7.3 kilograms and has been passed from king to king since 1782. In Thailand, the king places it on his own head. Here is what that means, and why it matters.
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Crown Chronicles

The French Soldier Who Became Sweden’s King, and Why His Family Still Reigns Two Centuries Later

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A French Marshal with no royal blood was voted onto Sweden's throne in 1810. His family has reigned there ever since.
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International Royals

What an 80th Birthday in Stockholm Said About the Whole Idea of Monarchy

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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf marked his 80th birthday and 53 years on the throne with a rare gathering of nearly every reigning European monarchy. Here's what the guest list actually said.
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International Royals

The Princess Who Grew Up an Ocean Away From the Throne She Will One Day Inherit

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Norway's future queen has spent recent years in military service and studying abroad in Sydney. Here's what her path says about how monarchies quietly change.
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International Royals

The Princess Thailand Almost Had as Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Bajrakitiyabha

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She reformed prison conditions for women worldwide, earned a doctorate at Cornell, and was quietly positioned as a future pillar of the Thai throne. Then she collapsed and never woke up.
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International Royals

A Nation That Mourns Together: Queen Sirikit, Thailand’s 100-Day Memorial, and What Royal Grief Looks Like When It Is Genuine

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When Thailand marked 100 days since the passing of Queen Sirikit, 900 people gathered at Government House, 93 monks received alms, and a nation mourned in a way the Western press barely noticed.
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International Royals

The Throne With No Heir: Japan’s Imperial Family and the Crisis Nobody Wants to Name

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The world's oldest royal institution has three male heirs, a parliament unwilling to act, and a princess who cannot inherit her father's throne.
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International Royals

A Quiet Wedding in Gloucestershire — and What It Says About the Monarchy the World Actually Admires

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From Copenhagen to Tokyo, the world's royal press recognised something in the Phillips wedding that Britain sometimes forgets to notice — a royal family behaving like a human one.
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International Royals

What a Quiet Cotswolds Wedding Tells the World About Britain’s Evolving Crown

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As Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling prepare to wed in a private Cotswolds ceremony, international royal correspondent Nadia Osei-Mensah reflects on what Britain's quietest royal wedding in years is saying to the watching world.
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