Belgium

Belgian Royal Palace unveils new Christmas tree

Christmas is around the corner, and royal palaces are starting to showcase their preparations for the festivities.  The Danish Royal Household has been posting a digital advent calendar with pictures of specific decorations each day until Christmas Eve; the Swedish royals have been posting pictures of lit Advent wreaths every Sunday; and the British royals have shared on social media images of…
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Monaco

Monaco Princely Family opens traditional Christmas Market without Princess Charlene

Members of the Monegasque Princely Family kicked off the weekend of the second Advent Sunday by opening the traditional Christmas market in the Principality.  On Friday afternoon, Prince Albert and his twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, were joined by Albert’s elder sister, Princess Caroline and her son, Pierre Casiraghi, to open the traditional market. Also attending the…
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Luxembourg

Luxembourg's royals visit art exhibition

The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family closed the week by revisiting the exhibition “Viv(r)e la matière” (“Live the material”).  The exhibition spreads through the four floors of the 19Liberté building, which Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie…
Denmark

Prince Joachim and Princess Marie visit Christmas market in Paris

Princess Marie of Denmark visited Frederik’s Church in Paris on Friday, 26 November, to officially open the local Christmas market.  Her Royal Highness visited the church with her husband, Prince Joachim; Frederikskirke is the biggest Danish church in the French capital.  The church will host the Christmas market throughout the weekend, and Princess Marie took time to go through the many…
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Spain

Spanish State Visit to Sweden officially begins

On the morning of Wednesday, 24th November 2021, Stockholm woke up dressed for a party, as the Swedish capital was getting ready for the two-days State Visit from the King and Queen of Spain. King Felipe and Queen Letizia already landed in the Scandinavian country the day before, and in the evening they held a reception for the Spanish population of Sweden. But a State Visit is…
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