Prince Nikolai of Denmark started his
two-year education in the Royal Danish Army’s Sergeant School on
Thursday. The Prince was enrolled in the school following the
strict admission test that is required to enter the military
program. He was among 145 new students that passed this very
physical test and can now start his military career During his
first day of military school, the Prince was…
Norway's Royal Family attend the funeral of 'Norwegian political giant' Thorvald Stoltenberg
2nd August 2018
His Majesty King Harald alongside Her
Majesty Queen Sonja and Princess Astrid, King Harald’s older
sister, attended the funeral of Thorvald Stoltenberg on Thursday.
Thorvald Stoltenberg was the father of NATO’s general secretary
Jens Stoltenberg and former…
Sweden’s government, together with the
Swedish police forces, have now declared a “national alarm”
following the theft of royal regalia. A national alarm is, in the
Nordic countries, used to alert domestic and foreign police about a
situation that is…
The Swedish police confirmed on Wednesday
morning that they raided two locations following the royal regalia
theft that occurred Tuesday evening. Two different areas in the
towns of Tynnelsö and Morraröfjärden were targeted. The raids
happened late Tuesday evening after the police received several
tips from the public. There is now a substantial police presence
with boats and helicopters being…
Parts of the Swedish Royal Regalia have
been stolen. Two royal crowns of King Karl IX and Queen Kristina,
as well as a royal orb, have been stolen from Strängnäs Cathedral
on Tuesday afternoon. The two crowns are the burial crowns from
1611. The items were originally…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
has made a new antependium for Gråsten Palace Church. The new
antependium was first shown to the public during a celebratory
religious service in Gråsten Palace Church on 29 July 2018. Her
Majesty the Queen, her younger sister…
Last week, Their Royal Highnesses Crown
Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia attended
the opening of the exhibition ‘Together We Win“ about
American-Serbian friendship, organized on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of Serbian Day. The annual celebration of Serbian Day
was first organised in the United States of America on 28 July
1918. The exhibition was officially…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja is to visit
France in September. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be present during
the opening of the exhibition “Forces de la Nature” at the National
Ceramics Museum in Sèvres on 23 September 2018. The display is a
tribute to Norwegian…
On Thursday, His Majesty King Harald of
Norway has released a statement concerning the Greek forest
fires. The announcement said: Your Excellency, Mr Prokopis
Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic I am saddened by
the news about the terrible forest fires that have…
Archduchess Maria of Austria has died.
This was announced earlier this week by the Habsburg family.
Archduchess Maria of Austria died 20 July at the age of 82 in her
home in the Austrian capital of Vienna. She was, on her mother’s
side, a second cousin of Queen Paola of Belgium. Funeral
arrangements for the Archduchess have not yet been announced. Her
full name and title were Princess Maria…
