The Swedish Royal Court has announced an
incoming state visit from Finland. Upon the invitation from
King Carl XVI Gustaf, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and First
Lady Jenni Haukio will be in Stockholm on 17 and 18 May 2022.
The invitation comes as declarations from authorities of both
countries that Sweden and Finland are beginning to consider joining
NATO. The transatlantic…
Spain’s Princess Leonor attended her
second solo engagement of her life as a royal in the form of a
cybersecurity conference for high school students. Her Royal
Highness arrived at Secondary Teaching School Jules Verne around
11am on Wednesday, 20 April and was…
Despite original wishes for the contrary,
Otsuka Senior High School was forced to beef up security measures
to protect its most illustrious student, Prince Hisahito. The
15-year-old Prince started attending the institution on 9 April,
following a big welcoming ceremony…
Easter is a day that brings many
Christians to church with a special mindset, and the Danish royals
were no exception. Queen Margrethe is at Marselisborg Palace,
following her tradition of spending the Easter holidays in the
Aarhus royal residence, and she is scheduled to remain there at
least until the beginning of May, when the sailing season for the
Royal Yacht Dannebrog is set to…
Over the past 27 years, at least some
members of the Spanish Royal Family have appeared at Palma de
Mallorca Cathedral for the traditional Easter Mass. But, after two
years of travel and gathering restrictions, the public’s
expectations were disappointed, as no…
On the day before Easter, King Felipe,
Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía travelled to the
Madrid suburb of Pozuelo de Alarcón to visite the centre for
welcoming and helping Ukrainian refugees making their way to Spain.
Upon their arrival at the…
The process of palace swapping between
the former and current Emperors of Japan is almost complete, as the
elderly imperial couple moves out of their temporary
residence. Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita
Michiko have left Takanawa Imperial Residence, where they had been
staying since March 2020, to cheers from a crowd of local school
children that came together to wave them…
King Willem-Alexander visits port to talk about green energy
13th April 2022
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
travelled to Rotterdam to visit its port, the country’s biggest
point of entrance for energy and the focus of a massive effort to
transition the Netherlands to green hydrogen. The visit took
place on Tuesday, 12 April, and…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attend King's Day concert with Ukrainian flavour
12th April 2022
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
travelled to the Dutch city of Maastricht for the traditional
King’s Day concert. Arriving in the city’s Theater aan het Vrijthof
in the evening of Monday, 11 April, Their Majesties were greeted by
attendants of the event…
Prince Hisahito of Japan has attended the
entrance ceremony for his high school in the presence of his
parents. The 15-year-old Prince was one of the many students
at the ceremony, which took place on Saturday, 9 April, in the
school’s gymnasium. Parents of the students were allowed to
be present for the event, which meant that Crown Prince Fumihito
and Crown Princess Kiko sat amongst…
