Norway

Norwegian royals on hand while Nobel Peace Prize winners awarded as Ukraine takes centre stage

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10th December 2022
The Norwegian royals were on hand as the Nobel Peace Prize winners received their awards in Oslo’s City Hall. Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties group and the Russian organisation Memorial were all awarded for their work in defending human rights and promoting the right to criticise those in power. Berit Reiss-Andersen, the head of…
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DenmarkFeatures

How Danish royals celebrate Christmas

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2nd December 2022
The Danish Royal Family are some of the most open when it comes to details on how they celebrate the Christmas holidays. Ahead of the festive season, they always send out a press release about their Christmas plans. The Danish royals spend the holiday at Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus. It has been the tradition since Queen Margrethe took the throne in 1972. Roughly every other year, the…
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DenmarkQueen Camilla

Queen Camilla hosts tea for special royal guests

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29th November 2022
Queen Camilla has hosted Queen Rania of Jordan and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark at Clarence House for tea. Her Majesty held the afternoon tea in honour of Queen Rania and Crown Princess Mary, the latter of whom is in London on a working visit. Copyright 2022, Royal Hashemite Court Queen Rania took to her social media channels to comment on the gathering: “A lovely afternoon with…
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Asian Royals

The King who created an alphabet

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27th November 2022
In Korea, they use the Hangul alphabet to write; it didn’t come into creation until 1443 AD, thanks to a monarch who reigned from 1418 to 1450. King Sejong the Great created the new alphabet in an attempt to increase literacy on the Korean peninsula. It replaced…
Japan

Tokyo palace grounds open for first time in three years

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27th November 2022
The grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo are open for the first time in three years. People are now able to view the autumn foliage at the Japanese palace after a section of the grounds was reopened to the public. The first people entered on Saturday, 26 November, around 9 am. They strolled along the 600-metre walkway where 70 maple trees of eight different varieties line the road.
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