Norway

Queen Sonja's jewels for the State dinner: a tiara from a lost Empire

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10th November 2021
One of the most awaited moments of any State Visit, especially those that include Monarchs, is the State Dinner.  Coming usually at the end of the first day, the State Dinner is a glittering affair, with fancy clothing (gala uniforms or white tie for men, ballgowns for women) and the best jewellery one owns. This latter point includes tiaras for royal women, which are always a great point of…
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NorwayThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima touch down in Oslo for State Visit to Norway

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9th November 2021
Following almost two years of restrictions and shutdowns, life is beginning to go back to how it was before, albeit with some remanence of the trauma we collectively lived through. State visits are starting to reappear on heads of states’ calendars, and on 9 November, the Dutch state visit to Norway began.  King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the outgoing Dutch Minister of…
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Spain

Queen Letizia continues her Paraguay cooperation trip by visiting three cities in one day

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4th November 2021
Queen Letizia is in Paraguay for the sixth cooperation trip she has undertaken since becoming Queen back in 2014.  On the first day, she fulfilled her diplomatic duties, with the official welcome at the airport and the reception she was granted at the Presidential Palace in Asunción with president Abdo Benítez. On the second day, which fell on the 3rd of November, Her Majesty arrived at…
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Spain

Queen Letizia lands in Paraguay for cooperation trip

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3rd November 2021
For her 6th cooperation trip since she became Queen, Letizia has landed in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, for a three day visit.  Her Majesty arrived in South America on the evening of Tuesday, 2 November 2021; she is travelling with the State Secretary for International Cooperation, Pilar Cancela Rodríguez.  When the plane landed, Queen Letizia was welcomed at the Silvio Pettirossi…
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