Norway

King Harald cold delays start at ski championship

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…
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Royal News

The royal wedding about to hit the television screens once more

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…
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Royal News

The King pulls a pint after a day out in Staffordshire

Joking that he’d be in the wrong place if he weren’t stepping into Tower Brewery, King Charles celebrated the end of a day of engagements in Staffordshire with a pint of ‘supercharged’ ale.The King was in the West Midlands to visit JCB, a construction equipment…
Sweden

The touching twist behind Princess Estelle's birthday portrait

She’s officially a teenager!Princess Estelle has turned 13, celebrating privately with her family, though the future queen stars in a new portrait with a special twist.Kate Gabor, the photographer behind the future queen’s latest birthday snap, is also the photographer who shot the first pictures of the newborn princess in 2012.When the newborn first child of Crown Princess…
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British Royals

King Charles presents first humanitarian medals

King Charles presented the first honourees of a new Humanitarian Medal at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.The Humanitarian Medal was formed in July 2023 to honour those who support communities in the aftermath of disasters, whether they work in public…
British Royals

Queen Camilla meets survivors of domestic abuse

As The Asian Women’s Resource Centre celebrated its 45th anniversary, Queen Camilla was among the special guests marking the occasion.The Queen, who has long made domestic violence awareness part of her work, joined survivors, staff, trustees and volunteers to open…
Prince & Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales shares family portraits to encourage emotional development

The Princess of Wales has shared new portraits drawn by her children as part of a larger conversation about how portraiture can help children frame and develop emotions.Four hand drawn portraits were shared to the Kensington Palace social media accounts from Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis—all of whom appear to have drawn their mother—while Catherine’s portrait is of…
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