The new mobile game, Pokémon Go has
caused security issues at Solliden Palace in Öland, where King Carl
Gustaf and Queen Silvia, alongside Crown Princess Victoria, Prince
Daniel, Princess Estelle, and Prince Oscar are currently in
residence for the summer. This is the traditional location of where
the Crown Princess family and the King and Queen meet with
well-wishers for Victoria’s…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway attended events today to mark 5 years since
the tragic terror attacks in 2011. [getty src=”149028727″
width=”594″ height=”396″] At 9:30am CEST, the Crown Prince and
Princess were…
On 3 December 2012, Clarence House
announced what the world had been waiting for, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge were expecting their first child. Fast forward to 22
July 2013, the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to
the hospital, in the early morning hours, in the…
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family
were murdered by Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918. Nicholas was the last
Emperor of Russia and a first cousin of George V, as well as Haakon
VII of Norway and Constantine I of Greece. He was forced to
abdicate on 15 March 1917. He and his family were then imprisoned.
He had hoped to be able to live in exile in the United Kingdom. The
British government initially…
Lady Jane Grey, or Lady Jane Dudley, was
proclaimed Queen on this day in 1553. She has been commonly
referred to as The Nine Days Queen. She was the great-granddaughter
of Henry VII through his daughter Mary, Queen of France. From 10
July to the 19 July, she was the de facto…
The latest issue of “Who Is?” focuses on
Her Royal Highness Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg. She was bornCountess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine
de Lannoy toCount Philippe de Lannoy andCountess Alix de Lannoy
on…
On the Sandringham Estate,
Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born
on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of
Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to
Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales. His father was
elected as Norway’s monarch in 1905, after the dissolution of the
union between Norway and Sweden. He then…
#OnThisDay in 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales apologized for taking her sons to see a 15 certificated film
23rd June 2016
On this day in 1997, Diana, Princess of
Wales apologised for taking Princes William and Harry to see a 15
certified film. The film was The Devil’s Own, and it had been
accused as glamorising the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The problem
was not with Prince William,then…
On this day in 1911, King George V and
Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. George
Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3 June 1865 in Marlborough
House as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Albert
and Alexandra. Queen Victoria was…
She was born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio
Zorreguieta and Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta. Her
Majesty has two brothers, one sister and three paternal
half-sisters. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother
Máxima Bonorino González. Máxima grew up in in the Recoleta
neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. Máxima…
