Since the outbreak of corona virus made
the working day different for most royals, Crown Prince Haakon has
stepped up his activity when it comes to getting online briefings
on important issues around fighting the virus. For the third time
in less than two weeks, the Crown Prince held on Thursday two new
online meetings to learn more about the work being done across
Norway. The Crown…
On this day, March 27, in 1785, His
Majesty King Louis XVII was borne in France. He was born prince of
France and Duke of Normandy and was the son of King Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette. When his older brother, Louis Joseph, died in
June 1789, he became the heir to the…
The fact that Europe’s queens and
princesses have good relationships with each other is well known.
But it’s more perhaps more unusual to hear about friendships
between Europe’s royals and Russian politicians. et this was
exactly what happened when Queen…
King Harald and Queen Sonja will be
isolated until mid-April. This was confirmed by the Royal Court on
Thursday morning in a short statement to the Norwegian newspaper
«Dagbladet». This is done because they are both at risk of serious
illness if they are infected with corona virus. King Harald is 83
years old and Queen Sonja is 82 years old. The Director of
Communications at the Royal Court…
It is different era for Europe’s royal
families – and for us all. The royals are not able to meet people
in the same way as before. Last week, Crown Prince Haakon attended
a video-conference to get a briefing from Norway’s health
authorities. On Tuesday this…
On this day, March 24, exactly 300 years
ago Sweden elected a new King. For many in today’s society, it may
seem strange that a nation can choose a new monarch, but Sweden has
elected new monarchs on several occasions. Frederick was born in
Germany in 1676 and…
On Tuesday Crown Princess Katherine
donated 8 defibrillators worth more than 41,000 Euros to hospitals
in the Serbian cities of Vranje, Smederevo, Kikinda, Čuprija,
Valjevo, Leskovac, Krusevac and Loznica. The defibrillators arrive
in Serbian hospitals at the right time, when Serbia is battling the
vicious COVID-19 virus, and defibrillators are crucial in the fight
for the life of patients who…
Crown Prince Haakon takes online coronavirus briefing from Norway's health authorities
23rd March 2020
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, we
have heard a lot about King Harald and Queen Sonja. They had to
spend a long period in quarantine after having come home from their
state visit to Jordan. King Harald has also spoken to the people
via letters and on TV.
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, makes part of estate available to Romanians who have to quarantine
20th March 2020
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the
Romanian Crown, and the Romanian Royal Family, have chosen to make
large parts of one of its palaces available to Romanians who have
to quarantine because of the coronavirus. At 18 March, 260 cases of
corona were confirmed in…
It was Thursday last week that King
Harald and Queen Sonja became two of tens of thousands of
Norwegians that were quarantined in their own homes. This happened
after the Norwegian government decided to introduce quarantine for
all Norwegians who had returned from abroad after 28 February as a
measure to reduce the risk of spread of the coronavirus in Norway,
which is severely affected by…
