King Bhumibol of Thailand (or King Rama
IX) is said to be close to death and members of the royal family,
including Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn, Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya, and Princess Chulabhorn
Walailak, along with members of the Thai cabinet are
reportedly at the King’s bedside. King Bhumibol of Thailand is
currently on a ventilator in Siriraj…
The Duchess of Cambridge performed her
first solo foreign visit today as she visited the Netherlands. She
was dressed in a blue skirt suit by Catherine Walker and wore pearl
earrings loaned to her by Her Majesty the Queen. She teamed the
outfit with Gianvito Rossi suede…
Prince Albert II of Monaco paid a visit
to Russia on 6 October to mark the tenth anniversary of renewed
diplomatic relations between Monaco and Russia. He had an audience
with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Afterwards the two
heads of state opened the exhibition…
Prince Leka of Albania, or King Leka II
of Albania as he is known by Albanian royalists, is getting married
to his longtime fiancee Elia Zaharia today. Prince Leka is the
grandson of King Zog I, who ruled the country from 1928 until 1939.
His parents are Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (of King Leka I of
Albania) and Australian born Susan Cullen-Ward. His father was
just a few days old when the…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened an
exhibition on a colourful predecessor of hers this morning at the
Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. The exhibition about Anna Pavlovna of
Russia, wife of King William II of the Netherlands will open its
doors to the public tomorrow but was…
Prince Charles secretly visited grandmother’s grave after Peres funeral
3rd October 2016
The Prince of Wales secretly visited his
grandmother’s grave at a convent in Jerusalem on Friday, after
attending the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon
Peres. A number of images surfaced online which show Prince
Charles making the visit to the Mount of…
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of
the Netherlands had knee surgery yesterday in the
Franciscus/Vlietland Hospital in Schiedam. During the surgery a
prosthesis was inserted in the right knee. The surgeons were doctor
M.J.M Driessen en doctor S. Breugem. Doctor Driessen also performed
surgery on Princess Beatrix’s left knee in 2005. It was the same
procedure that was done today on the…
A passionate five-minute address given by
King Harald V of Norway to 1,500 guests during a royal garden party
in the park of the Royal Palace in Oslo has gone viral. A
spokeswoman from the palace, Marianna Hagen, said the palace
received a huge number of requests for an…
The role of the Grand Ducal Family of
Luxembourg has been called into question by a petition calling for
a referendum on scrapping the whole institution. The Luxembourg
state currently pays the Luxembourg royals around 10 million euro
per year, in addition to paying for 80…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has
spoken publicly for the first time since announcing her divorce
from her husband of fourteen years, Ari Behn, on the website of
Soulspring, which she co-founded with business partner
Elisabeth Norden. She said: “I have the position I have in Norway,
which means I have to share the things happening in my life whether
positive or negative and, as you…
