As his State Visit to Finland came to a close, King Frederik couldn’t resist sharing a dad joke.
Long known for his sense of humour, one of the king’s go-to jokes, according to Queen Mary, is to reply, when a waiter asks if he has finished his food, “No, I’m Danish.”
“You are not stingy with your laughter…or your jokes for that matter. And often the two come together; you…
Five years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Royal Berkshire Hospital—where the United Kingdom’s first patient died from COVID-19 — to see how vital charity funds have been dispersed and used by the…
Camouflaged against the valley of the Warcop Training Area, the Duchess of Edinburgh jas joined one of her regiments for a training exercise.
Sophie, Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen’s Own Yeomanry, joined the reservists on an away day in Cumbria. After meeting with the…
Queen Máxima's diamond-dripping tiara steals the show at Cyprus state dinner
5th March 2025
For a history-making State Visit to Cyprus, Queen Máxima chose an appropriately historic tiara.
The Dutch Diamond Bandeau was fashioned from the diamonds in a necklace given to Queen Emma upon her marriage to King Willem III in 1879. In 1937, Queen Wilhelmina had the diamonds set into a bandeau that she only wore in public once, though subsequent members of the Dutch Royal Family have made…
King Frederik reminisced on long Scandinavian winters of his childhood at the Finnish State Banquet.
And in his reminiscence, he shared how Queen Margrethe would read stories of the Moomins—a popular series centred on Finnish/Swedish cartoon trolls that resemble…
How the Princess of Wales made Welsh daffodils part of her Coronation outfit
1st March 2025
The Princess of Wales wore go-to designer Alexander McQueen at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and her dress contained a special nod to Wales.
Her gown was ivory silk crepe and featured silver embroidery of the floral emblems of the United Kingdom…
The Norwegian Royal Family is set to celebrating skiing over the next week, but they’ll start without their monarch: King Harald has come down with a cold.
The Royal Court announced on Wednesday, ahead of a week chockful of engagements in Trondheim and Granåsen for the Nordic World Ski Championships, that King Harald is postponing his attendance while he recovers.
Crown Prince Haakon and…
Queen Máxima in New York and made a special visit to The Center for Jewish History to view the Anne Frank Exhibition.
The Queen of the Netherlands, in town for meetings with the United Nations in her role as Special Advocate for Financial Health, paid a visit to the…
A chance to see the spot where the formal accession of King Charles took place
25th February 2025
When St James’s Palace opens its doors to public tours later this spring, visitors will have the chance to visit the room where the formal proclamation of King Charles III took place in September 2022.
The palace is not normally open to tours, however after a few years…
It’s a royal repeat as the wedding of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima is set to feature prominently in the Dutch television series Máxima.
In an interview with Variety magazine, one of the preeminent entertainment trade magazines, Máxima’s show creators revealed that the royal wedding would be a major plotline for the second season.
“In the first episode, she thinks: ‘O.K…
