Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of
Norway was back at work following the news last week that she had
an infection in the leg. Together with her husband, His Majesty the
King, they started their county tour to Hordaland in the western
part of Norway. It was on Tuesday of last week that Her Majesty
Queen Sonja of Norway fell ill, and the Norwegian Royal Court made
the announcement that morning.
On Monday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway celebrated his patronage, the Norwegian-American
Association’s 100th anniversary. His Majesty the King was present
at the celebration of the Norway-America Association’s 100th
anniversary at Akershus…
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown re-elected as head of the Romanian Red Cross
17th June 2019
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the
Romanian Crown, was elected for a second term as president of the
Romanian Red Cross. Her Majesty received 82 votes out of a total of
82 voters. The Romanian Red Cross National Society gathered in the
meeting of the Steering Committee…
On Tuesday June 11th 2019, the president
of South Korea started his two-day long state visit to Norway. On
June 13th, the visit in Oslo was concluded in the morning before
the royals and the president-couple travelled on to Bergen to visit
western Norway. The day was started with a meeting between
president Moon Jae-in and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The
two state leaders talked for 40…
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…
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 Lifeline New York Humanitarian
Organization board member. The 1,000 kg was transported to St.
Petka Monastery near Paracin…
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…
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 royal princess”, the fear
was particularly pronounced in the mid-1970s. This story was first
told by the Danish newspaper…
