This past weekend two kings met under a
common interest. His Majesty King Harald of Norway and His Majesty
King Felipe of Spain took part in the sailing regatta “Copa del
Rey” in Mallorca, Spain. A total of 14 boats from eight nations,
Germany, Spain, Austria, England, Italy, Norway, Russia and Sweden
participated in the Club Swan50 class when the Copa Del Rey regatta
started on 27 July.
Her Majesty Queen of Letizia of Spain
made a visit to the National Library of Spain on Tuesday of this
week. The Queen visited the library to inaugurate two of the newly
renovated reading rooms, the general hall, which now goes on to be
called María Moliner, and the press…
On Tuesday of this week, Her Royal
Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia visited the Cacak
General Hospital in central Serbia and officially delivered medical
equipment worth 40,300 euros to the departments. The donation of a
new Samsung ultrasound machine was the…
The Duke of Braganza and pretender to the
Portuguese throne, Dom Duarte Pio, has said in an interview with
Portuguese media that “all those who oppose bullfighting, oppose
Portuguese traditions and culture” even though he “understands that
for emotional and sentimental reasons” many people are ”shocked by
some aspects of bullfighting”. This is reported by the…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is currently
on summer holiday with her family at Gråsten castle. On Saturday,
she took a short break from her vacation to visit the people at the
small village of Sønderborg. This Danish city has created a brand
new suburb and the Queen accepted…
King Felipe VI of Spain has attended the
funeral of Tunisia`s president, Béji Caïd Essebsi. The funeral took
place on Saturday July 27th 2019 at the Presidential Palace of
Carthage in Tunisia. King Felipe was accompanied by Spain`s
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European…
A Danish sculptor-artist, Jim Lyngvild,
is planning to erect a four-meter-high bust of the Queen Margrethe.
He will also make the bust in a smaller format which will be
available to buy Designer and artist Jim Lyngvild is known as a
devoted Danish royalist. He has created so much art dedicated to
the royal family. Next year he will gather much of this art in one
single exhibition, and the…
Prince Ferdinand of Bismarck, has died at
the age of 88 years old. The news was first reported by the German
paper, Bunte. The prince passed away following complications
experienced during surgery. He leaves behind him his wife, Princess
Elisabeth and their three children.
In August 1856, Christiania received an
exceptionally grand visit. Seven royals from three royal houses,
one Imperial house and a princely house were gathered in Norway’s
capital that summer. One of them was Napoleon, although it wasn’t
the Napoleon most of us…
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy’s home
in Paris has been robbed. French newspaper “Le Parisien” and other
media report that the burglary took place on Friday, 19 July in the
French home of the Italian prince and his wife. No one in the
family was home when the robbery occurred. The robbery was
discovered later that same day by Princess Clotilde of Savoy, the
wife of Prince…
