On Tuesday, large parts of the Swedish
Royal Family attended the State Opening of Parliament in Stockholm.
This falls only a few weeks after a dramatic election. On Monday,
the parliament chose a new chairman and on Tuesday they voted to
resign the prime minister and begin the process to give Sweden a
new government. Nevertheless, before the process of negations can
begin the Royal Family needed…
On Sunday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja began
her two-day visit to France. Her Majesty Queen Sonja was present
during the opening of the exhibition “Forces de la Nature” at the
National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres. The display is a tribute to
Norwegian creativity in modern…
King Harald and Queen Sonja conclude season for The Norwegian Royal Yacht
22nd September 2018
On Friday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway announced the end of
this year’s season for the Norwegian Royal Yacht “DS Norge”. During
the now ended summer season, the crew consisted of 53 people,
17 officers and 36 other crew…
After being closed for a few weeks, Queen
Sonja’s Art Stable in Oslo is now open again with a brand new
exhibition. It was Her Majesty The Queen who opened the brand new
show on Thursday evening. During the summer, visitors could see the
Norwegian national costumes which are privately owned by the
members of the Royal Family. Now a new and more modern exhibition
has taken over the old stable…
Yesterday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway visited the Civil Defence in Drammen. His
visit was to thank them for the extraordinary efforts of the
Civil Defence and emergency services during the summer’s drought
and forest fires that ravaged in the…
Archduke Karl of Austria spoke at a
seminar on 14 September where he criticised the little effort that
has been made regarding security in Europe. As the Archduke said:
“We do not live in a safe world.” His claim is that the continent
is not as safe today as it…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik
of Denmark is back at work. Monday evening he attended a seminar at
the Bella Centre in Copenhagen. His Royal Highness had unexpected
back surgery two weeks ago. The Crown Prince had to undergo surgery
to cure a spinal disc herniation, and the Royal Court confirmed
that the operation was successful. The Crown Prince has had
significant progress in his…
On Monday, King Felipe VI of Spain
visited Barcelona in the politically divided region of Catalonia.
His Majesty attended the inauguration of the 30th edition of
Gastech, the main meeting place for gas and Liquefied Natural Gas
professionals from all over the world. The…
Man arrested for the theft of Swedish royal regalia pleads not guilty
14th September 2018
Swedish police confirmed Thursday that
they arrested one man on Wednesday for the theft of the stolen
Swedish royal regalia. On Friday afternoon, the detention hearing
was held, more than six weeks after the regalia were taken from
Strängnäs Cathedral. During the hearing…
Man arrested in relation to the theft of the Swedish Crown Jewels
14th September 2018
Swedish Police have confirmed that they
have arrested a person in relation to the theft of the Swedish
royal regalia which was stolen six weeks ago. The detention hearing
will be held on Friday. Not much more information has been
released, however, the police have confirmed that the stolen
regalia is still missing. The man was arrested on Wednesday on
suspicion of theft. Prosecutors say that the…
