The Netherlands

Queen Máxima on visit to Colombia for financial inclusion

Queen Máxima began a four-day visit to Colombia on Sunday, focusing on financial health and innovation as she continues her work with the United Nations.Queen Máxima has been the UN’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development since 2009.The Dutch queen has made financial inclusion a cornerstone of her royal work, and this visit to Colombia is billed as one that will…
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Denmark

Queen Mary back on duty after holidays

Queen Mary returned to royal duties on Monday, presenting the prestigious research prizes to a new crop of researchers in Copenhagen.Continuing on with a duty she carried out as Crown Princess, the Queen arrived at the Queen’s Hall at Den Sorte Diamant in Copenhagen to…
Royal News

King Charles sends message of support for Ukraine

King Charles has released a message on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, commending the “determination and strength of the Ukrainian people” as the conflict enters a third year.Buckingham Palace shared the message on Saturday afternoon, in…
Sweden

Princess Estelle celebrates her 12th birthday

Princess Estelle is now a tween!The future queen of Sweden turned 12 on Friday and the Swedish Royal Court shared snaps of the young royal taken by her mother, Crown Princess Victoria, in January and February of this year.A series of three photographs were shared on the Swedish Royal Court website and a short video was posted to their social accounts showing Princess Estelle outside near…
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Denmark

Crown Prince Christian to take the lead in this year's Royal Run

King Frederik will undertake his first Royal Run since ascending the throne this May, and he’ll be joined by Queen Mary and Crown Prince Christian for runs around Denmark.The Royal Run website shared the Danish Royal Family’s run schedule earlier this week, sharing that on 20 May, King Frederik will take part in the Royal Run in Fredericia, which is this year’s host city, before joining…
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Royal News

A musical birthday gift from the Duchess of Kent

The Duchess of Kent is happy to stay out of the spotlight, but on her 91st birthday, she applauded the launch of a new award with her musical charity.On Thursday, Future Talent, the charity she co-founded in 2004, announced that it had partnered with the National…
British Royals

101-year-old letter from Queen Mother to go up for auction

To think that a letter from a future queen became a bookmark for a book sold in a second-hand store is remarkable, and now it’s going up for auction.Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon sent a thank you letter to Mrs. Carmichael from Dundee, Scotland, on 27 January 1923, shortly after her engagement to Prince Albert, Duke of York was announced.It later wound up as a bookmark and was found nestled…
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