On Monday, the Belgian Royal Palace
announced that the traditional concert for the National Day
celebrations has been cancelled due to the declaration of a
nationwide mourning day for victims of the floods. Belgium’s
National Day is celebrated every year on the 21st of July to
commemorate the day in 1831 when King Leopold I took the oath and
was proclaimed King of the…
On Monday, the Danish Royal Court
announced that Crown Prince Frederik will now not attend the Tokyo
Olympic Games after having been in contact with someone who
subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. The Crown Prince
was set to travel to the Japanese capital from…
On Thursday, Queen Margarethe of Denmark
began a visit to the Faroe Islands that will continue until Monday,
the 19th of July. She arrived in Tórshavn, the capital city
of the Faroes, located on the island of Streymoy, the biggest and
most populated…
On Thursday, the 15th of July 2021,
during a visit to Amsterdam’s Red Light district to inaugurate a 3D
printed bridge, Queen Máxima told the public that her eldest
daughter, Princess Catharina-Amalia, would receive her high school
diploma later that day. The Princess graduated with honours last
month, and, following a Dutch tradition, hung her rucksack to a
Dutch flag and then raised them…
Bad weather has been affecting the
Germany-Belgium-Netherlands area for about two days, and damage is
already evident. And while Germany seems to have the highest price
to pay, Belgium’s Liège province seems to be heading for disaster
as well. Their…
The Government Information Service of the
Netherlands has announced that, due to the current travel
restrictions, King Willem-Alexander will not be able to travel to
Tokyo for the Olympic Games as previously scheduled. With the
Games set to start on the 21st of July…
It was shortly after 8:30 am on Thursday
when King Felipe and Queen Letizia officially entered a deadly
silent and sunny Plaza de la Armería, inside Madrid’s Royal Palace,
to pay homage to the victims of COVID-19 and to celebrate the hope
the vaccination campaign is slowly bringing back. Their
Majesties, dressed in semi-mourning (meaning dark colours, but not
full black), had already…
Grand Duchess and Hereditary Grand Duke's offices added to Grand Ducal Palace tour in Luxembourg
16th July 2021
It’s summertime, and for royal
enthusiasts, that means the chance of visiting royal palaces. While
during the year royal palaces are mostly or entirely closed to the
public because of the work royals carry out inside, the summer is a
chance for visitors to enjoy the best…
On Wednesday, Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands visited Transports and Logistics, a firm of heavy
vehicles transportations in Nieuwegein. Her Majesty also met
with a representation of people undergoing training to be truck
drivers. Those people include several women, a…
On Wednesday, the Princess of Asturias
and her sister, Infanta Sofía, had their first joint engagement
without the King and Queen. The event was supposed to take place on
the 5th of June, but bad weather delayed the event. The royal
sisters planted trees in the natural reserve of Hayedo de Montejo,
Madrid, accompanied by about 35 other teenagers, mainly between the
ages of 14 and…
