Jordan
The Kingdom of Jordan was one of the first to respond to the news of the death of Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah by declaring 40 days of mourning. The King of Jordan also tweeted his condolences.
فقدنا اليوم أخاً كبيراً وزعيماً حكيماً مُحبّاً للأردن سمو الشيخ صباح الأحمد رحمه الله كان قائداً…
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies aged 91
29th September 2020
The ruling Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has died at the age of 91. An official statement was read out on national television on Tuesday. He died in a hospital in the United States.
“With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Sabah…
NEW: Princess of Asturias quarantined after COVID-infection in class
12th September 2020
Leonor, the Princess of Asturias, has been quarantined after a classmate was diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Leonor had only just returned to the Santa María de los Rosales school on Wednesday, and now she and her entire class will be forced to undergo a 14-day…
Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien unhappy after paparazzi photos published of 18-year-old daughter
28th August 2020
Prince Constantijn – brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands – and his wife Princess Laurentien are unhappy after paparazzi photos of their 18-year-old daughter Countess Eloise were published in Weekend magazine.
They commented to Shownieuws, “First and foremost, Eloise is a private person with a right to privacy. We expect that this will be respected. This photo…
Princes William & Harry reveal that a statue of their mother will be installed on her 60th birthday in 2021
28th August 2020
The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales commissioned by her sons The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex, will be installed on 1 July 2021, which would have been her 60th birthday.
The statue was commissioned in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of her death and to…
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, held his traditional speech on the occasion of Liechtenstein’s National Day, known as the Fürstenfest.
Due to the coronavirus measures, the speech took place not in the pasture next to the Vaduz Castle but in the rose…
King Willem-Alexander commemorates end of Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
16th August 2020
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was joined by Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the commemoration at the Indies Monument for all victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. All those present wore a pin with a Melati, the Indies jasmine, as a symbol of remembrance. On 15 August 1945 – VJ Day – the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies officially came to an…
Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife, Empress Masako, have marked the 75th anniversary of the country’s surrender in the Second World War. Emperor Naruhito is the grandson of Emperor Hirohito who reigned during the Second World War.
The Emperor expressed a…
The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, has visited the site of the fatal Aberdeenshire train crash.
Three people were killed on Wednesday when the 6.38 am Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail train service derailed near Stonehaven amid…
King of Thailand orders residents to not look out their windows as he visits his mother
12th August 2020
King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has ordered residents around the Chulalongkorn Hospital to close their curtains and to not look out their windows as he visits his mother in the hospital today. Any washing that has been hung outside to dry must also be taken inside.
Further measures taken at the hospital include limited lift use and the banning of traffic around the time of the visit. All…
