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Prince Charles and Camilla pose for sweet photo with Croatians in traditional dress for royal Christmas card

The picture, taken on their tour of the Balkans in March, shows the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall with a group of smiling dancers

CHARLES and Camilla show two’s company, glee’s a crowd as they pose with a group of smiling dancers for their 2016 Christmas card.

It features Croatia’s HKUD Osijek 1862 troupe, dressed in traditional costume.

 Charles and Camilla's royal Christmas card will this year showcase their March Balkans tour, when they met Croatian artists dressed in the country's traditional costume
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Charles and Camilla's royal Christmas card will this year showcase their March Balkans tour, when they met Croatian artists dressed in the country's traditional costumeCredit: PA:Press Association

The royals met the members of the Croatian Cultural Artistic Society during their Balkans tour in March.

The tour saw them visit Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, to promote peace and reconciliation in the region where some 100,000 people died in an ethnic war in the 1990's.

The royal couple visited projects relating to some of their dearest causes. Camilla focused on victims of sexual violence, while Charles focused on inter-faith dialogue, giving a speech on reconciliation in Serbia.

 They also met Lady Gaga and Robbie Williams at the Royal Variety Performance this week
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They also met Lady Gaga and Robbie Williams at the Royal Variety Performance this weekCredit: Getty Images

The Duchess of Cornwall also visited a bee museum.

Earlier this week Charles and Camilla met Lady Gaga at the Royal Variety Performance, where the Duchess revealed some common ground with the popstar, as her grandchildren call her "Gaga".

They were guests of honour at the prestigious event, which also featured performances from Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, dance group Diversity, Glee’s Amber Riley, and this year's Britain's Got Talent winner, magician Richard Jones.

 Prince Andrew has hit back at claims he demanded royal roles for Beatrice and Eugenie and asked for their husbands to have titles
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Prince Andrew has hit back at claims he demanded royal roles for Beatrice and Eugenie and asked for their husbands to have titlesCredit: AP:Associated Press

MEANWHILE, Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson came together to slam criticism of their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

Andrew hit back at claims he had argued with Prince Charles over the Princesses' royal roles and asked for their future husbands to have titles.

The statement came weeks after Prince Harry intervened to blast the intense media attention surrounding his relationship with US actress Meghan Markle.

 

“There is no truth to the story that there could be a split between the Prince of Wales and I over my daughters’ participation as Members of the Royal Family,” Prince Andrew said.

“My wish is for them to be modern, working women who happen to be members of the Royal Family.”

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