Norway’s present collection of royal
regalia consists of nine pieces. They include three crowns – the
king’s crown, the queen’s crown and the crown prince’s crown.
However, this was made in 1818 for the coronation of King Karl XVI
Johan. Norway had at least one monarchical royal crown before this,
but that one is lost. What happened to it? We know that the first
Norwegian…
On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of
Sweden volunteered to help make food boxes. The act of kindness was
done through the Stockholm City Mission. Her Royal Highness visited
the Stockholm City Mission’s office at Mariatorget in the centre of
the Swedish capital to make…
Crown Prince Haakon continues to stay busy while hosting video conference with three cleaning workers
1st April 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last
few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with
the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by
the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Crown Prince was briefed via video
on the working life of three…
In her traditional new year’s speech,
Queen Margrethe II announced that Prince Christian, second in line
to the Danish throne, would be confirmed in 2020. The Royal Court
later confirmed that the Prince was set to be confirmed during the
spring of 2020. Now the Royal Court has confirmed to the Danish
magazine “Se og Hør” that due to the coronavirus, the confirmation
of Prince Christian is…
On April 16, Queen Margrethe turns 80
years old. The Danish Queen had planned to celebrate the day with
pomp and splendour as usual. Carriage rides, a reception at
Copenhagen City Hall and a private dinner and dance at Fredensborg
Castle were set and and royals from all over…
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed
to Norwegian press that the country’s Royal Family will have a
different Easter holiday this year, due to the spread of the
corona-virus. King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntarily
isolation at the King’s cabin just…
A joint statement from the entire Danish
Crown Prince family was broadcast in the programme “Denmark stands
together” from the Danish TV-channel TV2 on Saturday evening. In
this touching greeting, the whole family comes together and
everyone shared their experiences living through the special
situation that now affects all Danes and many people around the
world. Crown Prince Frederik opens the…
Prince Philip of Serbia has via Facebook
issued a statement regarding the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic. This
happens only one week after a statement from his father, the
Serbian Crown Prince Alexander. The full statement from His Royal
Highness Prince Philip of Serbia…
On Thursday, Princess Marie-Thérèse of
Bourbon-Parma died in Paris of COVID-19 at the age of 86. Princess
Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma becomes the first royal, albeit from
a non-reigning family, to die from the coronavirus pandemic. The
news of her death came late on…
The President of Iceland has sent a
heart-warming letter to King Harald and Queen Sonja. The letter was
sent 11 March but published by the Royal Court today. The full
letter states: “Your Majesties, I have received the news that Your
Majesties the King and Queen are currently in quarantine in
accordance with the current guidance and the rules that have now
been introduced in Norway…
