The Crown Prince and Princes of Denmark
have marked Flag Day honouring Danish soldiers who have been
deployed on missions abroad. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown
Princess Mary attended engagements in Kastellet, in Holmens Church
and at Christiansborg Slotsplads in Copenhagen. First, the Crown
Prince and Princess laid a wreath at a service at the Monument for
Denmark’s International…
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the
Netherlands began a new chapter when she attended her first
university classes at the University of Amsterdam. The young royal
began her undergraduate studies with an interdisciplinary
bachelor’s degree in Politics, Psychology, Law…
As Princess Maria Laura of Belgium
prepares to marry her British investment banker fiancé William Isvy
in Brussels, her nuptials become the latest Belgian royal wedding.
There’s a short history of modern royal weddings in Belgium: only
four have occurred since…
An ancient tradition hitting the headlines again - what is the 'kissing of hands'?
4th September 2022
When The Queen appoints her 15th prime
minister, she’ll do so with an ancient custom called the kissing
hands ceremony. What is this element of a government change?
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that, on 6 September, The Queen
will receive the out-going Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, for a
farewell audience at Balmoral followed by an audience with the new
Prime Minister—either Liz Truss…
Crown Princess Mary attended the People’s
Movement Against Loneliness conference in Copenhagen this week,
delivering an opening speech that touched upon how far the movement
has come and how much work is still left to be done. Crown Princess
Mary, attending on…
BBC donates profits from Diana interview to seven of her favourite charities
3rd September 2022
The British Broadcasting Corporation has
donated £1.42 million to charities once supported by the late
Diana, Princess of Wales in the aftermath of the controversy
surrounding the infamous 1995 Panorama interview. In a statement on
Friday, the BBC wrote: “The BBC had…
Crown Princess Mary has officially opened
a new UN exhibition, 2030 NOW, to highlight the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals, in Sønderborg. The exhibit aims to show “what
kind of world the UN’s 17 global goals can lead to find we each,
and together, make an effort to make them come true,” according to
the 2030 NOW website. Seventeen artists from across the Nordic
countries were invited…
Prince Charles reveals reasons behind a special ceremony focused on environment
2nd September 2022
The Prince of Wales has taken part in a
Gorilla Naming Ceremony, or a Kwita Izina, in northern Rwanda. On
September 2nd 2022, Prince Charles announced that he had named a
baby gorilla Ubwuzuzanye, a name that means ‘Harmony’, “since the
restoration of harmony and…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are
about to hit television screens with Netflix’s hit show The Crown
announcing who will play the royal couple in its sixth and final
season. For the final season of The Crown, William will be played
by two actors at different points…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a
solemn ceremony in Oslo as ‘memorial stones’ were placed in the
street to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The
stones, placed along the Akershusstranda, represent the victims of
Nazism and are set in places where those victims once lived before
their deportation and death. “The passers-by who discover the
stones become aware of…
