Monaco

Princess Grace's Irish ties in the spotlight as Monaco's Prince's Palace turns green

All eyes were on the Prince’s Palace in Monaco on St. Patrick’s Day, when Prince Albert lit up the building in rich greens to honour his family’s Irish ties. There was a message on social media to explain why the Prince of Monaco had turned his home green, reading ”the Palais Princier lights up in green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,” and adding, “A tribute to the…
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King Charles meets his new Canadian Prime Minister

Canada’s newest prime minister has officially met his King. As part of a whistlestop visit to the UK and to France, Prime Minister Mark Carney had an audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace. The King offered his congratulations to his new Prime Minister…
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Norway's royals provides an update on Crown Princess Mette-Marit's health

The Norwegian Royal Court has shared an update on Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s health, revealing that her illness has progressed and her schedule will be modified moving forward. In a brief statement, it was announced that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s chronic pulmonary fibrosis has progressed and that the future queen is experiencing daily symptoms and ailments that are affecting her…
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Prince William visits hospital five years on from pandemic's start

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 hospital. William serves as joint patron of the NHS Charities Together with wife, Catherine. The Trust was launched in the early days of…
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King Frederik recalls the Moomins on State Visit to Finland

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 hippos—to him and his younger brother, Prince Joachim. He said: “In one of the books, ‘Winter Moomin’, Moomin wakes up…
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