Early in May, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote literature to young people, she used the…
A two-day state visit from South Korea to the Kingdom of Norway got underway on Wednesday. President Moon Jae-in and Ms Kim Jung–sook were met by Crown Prince Haakon at Oslo’s Grand Hotel. Together they departed for the Royal Palace where, following the short drive…
Last week the Serbian Crown Prince and Princess donated a total of 1.000 kg of flour to the St. Petka Monastery. This happened through the Crown Princess’ humanitarian organisation, Lifeline New York, thanks to a donation from Mr Slobodan Bekvalac, an architect and…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway has fallen ill. This was stated in a short press release from the Norwegian royal court on Tuesday morning. The royal court reports that the queen has an infection in the foot. She will, therefore, not participate in tomorrow’s state visit from South Korea.
The royal court’s communications manager, Guri Ofstad Varpe, has told the Norwegian press that…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway inspected the Royal Guard at Akershus Fortress on Friday morning. There were two significant changes in this year’s program for the annual inspection. First, the King was not present. Secondly, the inspection was held at the…
The Danish Royal Family made thorough preparations for how they would handle the kidnapping of one of their members. The information has come to light in the latest biography of Queen Margrethe’s sister, Princess Benedikte. According to the new book, “Benedikte – A…
Last week, Crown Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, met the Pope on his visit to Romania. The Crown princess’ husband, Prince Radu, was also present during the meeting. The meeting between the Pope and the Romanian royals happened at the Cathedral of Salvation of the Nation.
The People’s Salvation Cathedral is an Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest that is meant to become…
On Wednesday morning, the Norwegian Royal Court announced that His Majesty the King had invited the President of South Korea for a state visit. The Korean president has accepted the invitation and will visit Norway in mid-June of this year. The visit marks the 60th…
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Crown Prince Family held their annual football match at their home in Asker.
The team of the Crown Prince Family was strengthened by, among others, Lise Klaveness, Ståle Solbakken and Frode Grodås, as well as the famous artist Astrid S.
The Serbian Prince Dushan married Ms Valerie De Muzio in the church of Saint George in Oplenac, Serbia on Saturday. The religious ceremony was officiated by Bishop Jovan of Sumadija and Bishop Irinej of the Eastern Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America. Prince Dushan Karadjordjevic is the grandson of the late Prince Paul and Princess Olga and therefore the son of Prince Alexander and…
