Princess Isabella turns 18 in April and
the Danish Royal Court has shared how the young adult will be
féted. The elder daughter of King Frederik and Queen Mary turns 18
on 21 April, which is Easter Monday. Therefore, her birthday
celebrations will be split over two days on 11 and 15 April.
Princess Isabella’s 18th birthday celebrations will take place in
Aarhus and Copenhagen, with a…
As his State Visit to Finland came to a
close, King Frederik couldn’t resist sharing a dad joke. Long known
for his sense of humour, one of the king’s go-to jokes, according
to Queen Mary, is to reply, when a waiter asks if he has finished
his food, “No, I’m…
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…
A camouflaged Sophie visits her reservists in Cumbria
6th March 2025
Camouflaged against the valley of the
Warcop Training Area, the Duchess of Edinburgh jas joined one of
her regiments for a training exercise. Sophie, Colonel-in-Chief of
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry, joined the reservists on an away day in
Cumbria. After meeting with the regiment’s leaders and members of
the reserves, she watched as the reservists undertook a training
exercise. The Queen’s…
For a history-making State Visit to
Cyprus, Queen Máxima chose an appropriately historic tiara. The
Dutch Diamond Bandeau was fashioned from the diamonds in a necklace
given to Queen Emma upon her marriage to King Willem III in 1879.
In 1937, Queen Wilhelmina had the…
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…
The Princess of Wales wore go-to designer
Alexander McQueen at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen
Camilla and her dress contained a special nod to Wales. Her gown
was ivory silk crepe and featured silver embroidery of the floral
emblems of the United Kingdom: roses, thistles, daffodils, and
shamrocks. The embroidery work was created with silver bullion and
thread work. One of the…
King Harald cold delays start at ski championship
28th February 2025
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…
Queen Máxima visits the Anne Frank exhibit in New York
26th February 2025
Queen Máxima in New York and made a
special visit to The Center for Jewish History to view the Anne
Frank Exhibition. The Queen of the Netherlands, in town for
meetings with the United Nations in her role as Special Advocate
for Financial Health, paid a visit to the…
When St James’s Palace opens its doors to
public tours later this spring, visitors will have the chance to
visit the room where the formal proclamation of King Charles III
took place in September 2022. The palace is not normally open to
tours, however after a few years of a pilot programme testing out
tours, its doors are set to open later this spring to officially
welcome in visitors for a…

