Bhutan

Queen of Bhutan launches national actions for the environment

Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan launched four national actions on Saturday to mark World Environment Day, which this year has the them of Ecosystem Restoration.” The four significant national actions are Bhutan’s Second Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Third National Communication (TNC) of Bhutan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Low Emission…
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Sweden

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia to be absent from National Day celebrations

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden will be absent from this year’s National Day celebrations on 6 June. Only King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will participate in the scaled-down celebrations. The Royal Court released information regarding this year’s National Day on Friday, noting that it would be scaled-down due to the…
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Belgium

Queen Mathilde visits shop with bio-products

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians visited an organic shop in Jette, Belgium, on Thursday in her role as an advocate for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Queen travelled to The Barn that sells mostly packaging-free products and spoke to spoke to one of the…
The Netherlands

Princess Amalia sits for final exams

Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, the eldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, is busy with her final exams like many other Dutch students. The 17-year-old Princess of Orange began her exams on Monday and will find out on 10 June if she passed. Her…
Japan

Princess Mako's boyfriend graduates from law school in New York

The boyfriend of Japan’s Princess Mako has graduated from his law school in New York. Kei Komuro, who is engaged to Princess Mako, graduated from Fordham University’s School of Law and had his online graduation ceremony on Sunday. Komuro enrolled at the American school in 2018 after working as a paralegal in a Tokyo law firm. His attorney said that he plans to study and take…
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Royal WeddingsSpain

Looking back at the wedding of King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain

On 1 November 2003, Spain’s Casa Real announced that the heir to the throne, Felipe, Prince of Asturias was to marry the divorced Spanish television newscaster, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano. At the time, the announcement came as a surprise to most. The then Prince Felipe presented Letizia with a white gold 16-baguette diamond ring during his proposal. She also gave Felipe a classic book and…
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