King Felipe has awarded his mother with
Spain’s highest honour as the 50th anniversary of her becoming
queen approaches. In an official State Bulletin published on 10
January 2025, King Felipe decreed that Queen Sofía would be awarded
the Collar of the Insigne Order of the Golden Fleece. The Spanish
King declared that he was awarding his mother the honour “to bear
witness to My Royal…
There’s a future queen heading out to
sea! On Wednesday, Princess Leonor, the future queen of Spain, set
sail aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano for
several months of practical training. Midshipman Leonor attended a
special ceremony at the Port…
Twins with Greenlandic middle names star in royal photos on day of controversy
8th January 2025
With Greenland dominating the
headlines—we’ll spare you the reason why, you can research it
yourself—the two young Danish royals who count Greenlandic names
amongst their given names celebrated their 14th birthdays. Prince
Vincent and Princess Josephine, fraternal…
As the status of Greenland becomes the
topic of global debate again, Denmark’s royal family’s long love of
the country is once more in the spotlight. Its current monarch,
Frederik X, is so fond that he gave two of his four children
Greenlandic middle names. Meanwhile, his mother, Queen Margrethe,
received a special tiara to mark her Ruby Jubilee in 2012, a golden
gift from the people…
The new year is a whole week old and
already royal plans are taking shape. But what could the 12 months
ahead hold for the Royal Family as well as for the dynasties that
reign in Europe? Here are a few predictions from our team. Lydia
Starbuck, Editor in Chief, Royal…
King Frederik and Queen Mary hosted the
second and third New Year’s Levees in Denmark: one for military and
high court judges and the other for the diplomatic corps. The first
levee, for the supreme court justices, the Royal Lifeguards and the
Guardhusarregiment’s…
It’s one of the oldest royal dukedoms of
all but it’s brought more drama than most and it took centuries for
one of its holders to have an heir to take it on. Right now, it
belongs to one of the most dutiful members of the Royal Family but
his predecessors have been more controversial, to say the least. In
fact, some caused so much trouble, the title was once said to be
cursed. The…
It was a royal first for Crown Prince
Christian on the first evening of 2025: the young royal attended
his first ever New Year’s Levee. Hosted at Christian VII’s Palace
at Amalienborg, the traditional New Year Levee is hosted by the
monarch for Denmark’s government…
King Harald says his family has been 'put to the test' in New Year's speech
31st December 2024
It hasn’t been an easy year for the
Norwegian Royal Family—to put it mildly—and King Harald addressed
the controversies up front in his annual New Year’s Eve speech,
saying that the royals “have been truly put to the test” this year.
But while there have been…
Much like Queen Máxima, Queen Mathilde
loves a jewel tone, a print pattern and Natan. But comparing the
women side-by-side ends there because while Queen Máxima always
looks this side of vibrant and businesslike, Queen Mathilde’s
styling has a timeless effect. She wouldn’t be out of place in the
1960s competing for fashion headlines with Jacqueline Kennedy or
Audrey Hepburn, so…
