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…
The Princess of Orange is poised to
undertake her first official royal tour early next year when she
accompanies her parents to the Caribbean parts of the kingdom of
the Netherlands. The Royal House of the Netherlands announced the
news on 1 September 2022, revealing that…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit attends literary conversation in Lillestrøm
1st September 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a
literary discussion at the new Lillestrøm library, opening the
Cultural Corners week at the new library. In a conversation about
representation and expectations and how that relates to literature,
the Crown Princess listened as…
As we look into the role The Queen plays
in appointing a new prime minister, we’re looking at Royal
Prerogative and how it is exercised. Simply put, Royal Prerogative
is the authority and powers vested in the sovereign to govern.
However, in modern times, it is exercised only upon the advice of
the prime minister, and it is exercised through Her Majesty’s
government ministers. According…
Legoland Windsor celebrates Cambridge family move with new royal display
1st September 2022
The Cambridge family has packed up and
moved to Windsor, and their new chapter has inspired an exhibit at
the Legoland Windsor Resort. The ‘Royal Removal Company’ is a
4,100-piece Lego creation that shows the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, their children Prince…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has
completed a visit to India in her role as the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development. The Dutch Queen’s visit comes as India is poised to
assume leadership of the G20 in December…
Queen Máxima mixed royal duties with
motherhood during a university orientation reception in Delft
earlier this week. The Dutch queen was joined by the Minister of
Education, Culture and Science for a session at Delft University of
Technology to welcome new students and discuss ways that they can
be involved on campus while also focusing on their mental health.
Queen Máxima attended the…
Contents of the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester’s Northamptonshire manor up for auction
27th August 2022
A stately manor house once belonging to
the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester is the centre of an auction that
will see its contents—in some cases with royal provenance—up for
sale. Prince Richard and Birgitte lived at Barnwell Manor in
Northamptonshire until the…
The Queen has thanked a Canadian marsh
and wetland preservation group for naming a swan in her honour. The
Friends of Wye Marsh sent The Queen a letter back in June during
the Platinum Jubilee weekend to alert her to their newest adopted
trumpeter swan, C70, named…
A young girl received a reply from The
Queen when she wrote about speed limits in her neighbourhood. After
a little boy was hit by a car in her Swindon neighbourhood, Ruby
Steadman sent a letter to The Queen asking her to act and make the
street safer. Steadman wrote: “I am so sorry to bother you, but
there is something bothering some people down Ermin Street.” She
added that the speed…
