Royal News

Norway's few royals under pressure with family divide

The Norwegian Royal Family continues to deal with issues as Crown Princess Mette Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby, has reportedly been banned from his mother and step-father’s home. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit live at Skaugum, a manor house in Asker outside of Oslo. Seg og Høg reported in September that items had gone missing around the time Borg Høiby had thrown…
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Denmark

King Frederik keeps busy schedule while Queen Mary heads home

King Frederik of Denmark has had a busy week of engagements already with a conference and a university visit on the schedule.On Tuesday, the Danish King officially opened the Powering European Identity Conference in Sønderborg.The invitation only conference focuses on several key themes, including industry and societal challenges such as high energy costs and climate change.
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Features

Princesses on parade: why future queens of Europe on military training has become big news

Europe’s future queens are taking a different path to their thrones in the twenty first century with more and more female heirs carrying out the military training that was historically only given to their brothers.Leonor, Princess of Asturias, is in the midst of her military training and has perhaps had the highest profile of all future queens in this role . She is in her second year…
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