The Spanish Royal Family has revealed their 2017 Christmas cards.
On Twitter yesterday, Casa Real posted an image of Their Majesties King Felipe and Queen Letizia and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía with the message of Christmas greetings.
The picture was taken on the same day as Princess Leonor’s first solo portrait which was revealed for her 12th birthday in…
Queen Sofía receives Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo to Human Rights Award
11th December 2017
Her MajestyQueen Sofía of Spain received the first edition of the Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo to Human Rights Award yesterday at theUniversity of Seville.
She received the award, which will be delivered every two years, from theRector of the…
Princess Margareta was born on 26 March 1949 as the eldest child of King Michael and Queen Anne in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has four younger sisters: Princess Elena, Princess Irina, Princess Sophie and Princess Maria.
Margareta was baptised into the Romanian Orthodox…
Now that the dust has settled a bit with the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry in May 2018, we take a look back at how some other royal engagements have been announced over the years.
Belgium:
In September 1999, the Belgian Royal Palace announced that then-Prince Philippe was engaged to fellow Belgian speech therapist Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz. It came as a surprise…
His Late Majesty King Michael I of Romania is to receive a state funeral at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.
The Romanian government has said that they will organise a state funeral “according to his rank and merits,” the President of Romania…
The Swedish Royal Court released the official photos from Prince Gabriel’s christening, which took place on Friday, 1 December at the Royal Chapel of Drottningholm Palace.
The four images, taken by Erika Gerdemark, feature the young royal with his parents…
I have long been advocating for more books to be written in English about the royals of mainland Europe, so I was thrilled to hear about and read Darling Queen – Dear Old Bones: Queen Wilhelmina’s correspondence with her English governess Miss Saxton Winter by Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes and published by Amsterdam University Press. It was initially printed in Dutch several years ago…
I have long been advocating for more books to be written in English about the royals of mainland Europe, so I was thrilled to hear about and readDarling Queen – Dear Old Bones:Queen Wilhelmina’s correspondence with her English governess Miss Saxton…
Meghan Markle was a Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ or KKG) at Northwestern University in Illinois during her university years where she earned a degree in theatre and international relations. The sorority sent their congratulations to their sister from the national Kappa Kappa…
Crown Princess Mary attends Christmas reception for Mary Foundation
2nd December 2017
On Thursday afternoon, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark attended the annual Christmas reception for the Mary Foundation. It was held at Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg to “wish a Merry Christmas and to say thank you for the good cooperation in the past year,” according to the Mary Foundation.
Each year, the Mary Foundation and its collaborators get together to celebrate the…
