King Willem-Alexander will visit NATO
headquarters in Brussels and the military headquarters of the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on Monday 17th
December. He will be accompanied by Secretary Koenders of Foreign
Affairs and the Commander of the Armed Forces, General Middendorp.
The Dutch King will begin the visit with a wreath laying at the
memorial at the NATO headquarters.
You may have heard of this Princess of
Orange before, as the 7th Princess of Orange was also an
English Princess. Mary was the daughter of Charles I and
Henrietta Maria of France and also the first bearer of the title,
‘Princess Royal’, which was created by…
King Stephen of England was born in Blois
in France in either 1092 or 1096. It’s quite unusual that we do not
have a birth date for a future King of England, but by the time of
his birth, it was not expected that he would ever be king. His
parents were Stephen-Henry…
Prince Harry releases personal photos from his African conservation work this past summer
2nd December 2015
Prince Harry has released personal photos
and videos from his African conservation work this past summer. The
31-year-old Prince has spent three months in the summer working as
a wildlife conservation volunteer to highlight the threat to
elephants and rhinos from poachers. The pictures are from Tanzania,
South Africa, Botswana and Namibia and show Harry in action
alongside rangers who are…
Leonid Kulikovsky, the great- grandson of
Tsar Alexander III and distant relative of Queen Elizabeth lived a
life away from the spotlight of royalty. He had been
living alone in a caravan park for five years after his vehicle
stalled during a trip around Australia. Leonid…
Amalia of Solms-Braunfels probably never
expected she would make such a grand marriage, but she did when she
went from lady in waiting to Princess consort of Orange. It seems
like a fairytale. She was born the daughter of John Albert I, Count
of Solms-Braunfels and Countess…
Éléanore de Bourbon was born on 30 April
1587 to Henri I de Bourbon and his second wife Charlotte Catherine
de la Tremoille. She was closely related to the French royal family
as her father was a first cousin of King Henry IV of France. She
had a half-sister from her father’s previous marriage and a full
brother, who succeeded to their father’s titles. Her future husband
was the son…
On Monday, 16 November, Princess
Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy will be attending a dinner in
honour of Queen and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Queen and Saint
Margaret of Scotland. Queen Margaret of Scotland was born
as Margaret of Wessex circa 1045 in exile in…
Louise de Coligny, fourth wife of William
the Silent. Louise de Coligny was the fourth and last wife of
William the Silent. She was born on 23 September 1555 at Castle
Châtillon-sur-Long as the second child, but first daughter of
Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval.
The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck, has announced he and his wife are expecting
their first child. Speaking to the nation for his
father’s 60th birthday, the King celebrated his father’s life
and also announced the Queen is pregnant with a baby boy. The
child, expected to be born in the first quarter of 2016, will
become heir presumptive to the Bhutanese…
