Thursday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway announced the season opening for the Norwegian
Royal Yacht “DS Norge”. This happened unusually early this year. It
is not common for the King to order the royal yacht to be ready for
use until the end of May. The reason why this season starts extra
early is that the Royal Yacht will be used in this year’s
celebration of the…
Throughout history, many royals have
died in brutal and bizarre ways. Royals have been killed in
attacks, by illness and by accident. However, only one European
royal has ever been murdered by a monkey. That is the Greek
King Alexander, who died at 27-years-old in…
On Sunday, His Majesty King Carl XVI
Gustaf of Sweden celebrated his 71st birthday in Stockholm in the
traditional way. The flags waved throughout the country, a 21-gun
salute was fired from fortresses across Sweden, and the Royal
Family participated in a celebration in the…
Chris O’Neill, husband of Princess Madeleine, owes too much tax - his holiday home may be sold at auction
29th April 2017
Earlier this month, Royal Central wrote
about Princess Madeleine’s husband, Chris O’Neill, and the recent
criticism he faced. Now it has been revealed by the Swedish
newspaper Expressen that O’Neill owes hundreds of thousands of
Swedish kronor in taxes on his US properties in Florida and New
York. This is not the first time the Princess’s husband has owed
money to the US…
This year is a significant anniversary
year for the Norwegian Royal Family. Last year, King Harald and
Queen Sonja celebrated ruling Norway for 25 years, and this year,
they both celebrate their 80th birthdays. This has already been
highlighted on several occasions, but the…
His Royal Highness, Crown Prince
Alexander of Serbia, was born 17 July 1945 in London. His Royal
Highness is the head of the House of Karađorđević and the only
child of the late King Peter II of Yugoslavia and his wife,
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. The Crown Prince…
Some call him an Emperor, some a Crown
Prince and by his Iranian followers, he is referred to as His
Imperial Majesty Reza Shah II. Still, the Crown Prince of Iran,
Reza Pahlavi has now called for a monarchist revolution in his
birth country of Iran and calls for Trump and American help to
transform the dictatorship to a parliamentarian monarchy. Since
Donal Trump won the American election last…
Marine Le Pen, the presidential candidate
for the right-wing National Front Party, announced during a
political speech in Corsica last Saturday that she would bring back
the body of Emperor Napoleon III to France if she wins the
election. Emperor Napoleon III died in 1873…
Earlier this week it was announced that a
State Council would be held at the Royal Norwegian Palace in Oslo.
This is highly unusual as usually all the State Council meetings
are held on Fridays. Whenever the King does not have the
opportunity to attend the State Council on…
It has been announced that a State
Council will be held at the Royal Norwegian Palace in Oslo on
Wednesday. This is highly unusual as usually, all the State Council
meetings are held on Fridays. Whenever the King does not have the
opportunity to attend the State Council on Fridays, his son, Crown
Prince Haakon attends behalf of his father. When the Crown Prince
also not have the opportunity to…
