As 2023 gets under way, special
anniversaries loom for several of Europe’s consorts. Two will mark
a decade as queens of their country while another has a special
royal celebration ahead of her. As a new year begins, we look at
Europe’s current consorts. Queen Silvia of Sweden Queen Silvia is
the longest reigning consort in Europe(Photo: Linda Broström/The
Royal Court of…
for the first time in decades, the royal
landscape of Europe looks somewhat different as the New Year gets
under way. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning Monarch and
the oldest for many years but now, all that has changed. As 2023
begins, this is how Europe is…
Another year, another Jubilee. We’ve got
used to these monarchical milestones in recent years. However, the
celebrations in Sweden this September for the half century of King
Carl XVI Gustaf’s rule have their own claim to fame. For the
Swedish monarch is marking…
As Charles III begins a New Year, a
milestone is beckoning in the summer months of 2023. For in August
this year, His Majesty’s reign will overtake that of a king with a
famously truncated rule. And that milestone will take him one step
further away from having one of the shortest reigns in British
history. As of January 1st 2023, His Majesty has reigned for 125
days. That places him…
The year 2022 has left its mark on royal
history. The past twelve months have changed much and the United
Kingdom has lived under the reign of two Monarchs. Elizabeth II’s
record breaking rule reached another magnificent milestone as 2022
began. Her Late Majesty…
It was taken on the off chance but became
one of the most famous photos in history. As Queen Elizabeth II
waited for the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign to arrive at
Balmoral for the traditional kissing of hands, she posed for quick
picture. It wasn’t shared…
King Charles has hailed Pope Benedict
XVI’s efforts to promote peace and goodwill as he paid tribute to
the former Pontiff following his death. Pope Benedict, who retired
as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, died on New Year’s
Eve 2022 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican City. King
Charles, who met Pope Benedict in 2009, sent a message of
condolence to Pope…
Royalty around the world are among the
most photographed people and every image tells part of their story.
As 2022 came to a conclusion, there were some big firsts caught on
camera while the year ended as it had begun, around the throne of a
Jubilee queen. A future queen…
The royal year has been told in many
images, with some of the most symbolic moments of the past twelve
months summed up in one simple photo. Here, we recall the pictures
that told the tale of royal November. Queen Elizabeth II, at the
heart of Remembrance once…
The year now drawing to a close has
brought many memorable royal moments. Amidst the history and
ceremony, there was also a sense of a return to business as usual
as the pandemic changed once more. State Visit Central Sara
Friberg/Kungl. Hovstaterna State Visits began again in earnest in
2022 with many royals across Europe again hosting these important
events to boost diplomatic and…
