Eight out of ten Norwegians approve of keeping the monarchy as a form of government, and the greatest support King Harald and his family has comes from the younger Norwegian population. This emerges from a major survey conducted by Norway’s state TV channel NRK.
The King celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday 21 February and will travel abroad with his family to celebrate. In an interview…
Crown Princess Victoria has not been seen in 60 days - where is she?
17th February 2017
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has had no official engagements in more than 60 days. Today, the Swedish Royal Court revealed the reason why the Crown Princess has been absent from work. Swedish media have in the recent weeks speculated why it has been…
Queen Margrethe talks about her son's relationship with Scandinavia's Crown Prince(ss) couples
17th February 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has recently given an interview to the magazine “Norden nu” owned by the association “Norden”. In the interview, the Queen spoke about many topics that she thinks are important, including cooperation in the…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway celebrates his 80th birthday next week. For the occasion, His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen granted an interview to NTB (Norwegian News Agency) where they talked about what it is like being monarchs when they get older.
The King says he has no plans to abdicate, he feels healthy and says that age is only a number. “To step back is out of the…
King Philippe of Belgium says USA and UK threaten course of history
14th February 2017
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium criticised last week both that the United Kingdom had withdrawn from the European Union and US president Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies. It was Tuesday last week that the King said this when he held a gathering of top…
Chris O'Neill may have damaged the relationship between the Swedish royal family and Donald Trump
4th February 2017
Princess Madeleine’s American husband Chris O’Neill may have damaged the relationship between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Swedish royal family. This is something several Swedish and international royal experts say after Chris…
The International Handball Federation (IHF) made a big mistake at the World Championships final in handball Sunday night. When they posted an image of a group of fashionable spectators in the stands in the world championship arena on their Twitter profile, the mistake was made. Operators of the profile had obviously not studied European royal families and apparently thought that His Serene…
Yesterday, it was 70 years ago that King Carl Gustaf of Sweden lost his father in a tragic accident. The tragic accident happened when the King was only nine months old.
His father, who was Crown Prince of Sweden and heir to the Swedish throne, died in a plane crash on 26…
Today it is exactly 26 years since His Majesty King Olav V of Norway died. King Olav was born as Prince of Denmark, and his parents were King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, who was the daughter of Edward VII of Britain. Olav was born on 2 July 1903 and baptised Alexander Edward…
Norway’s biggest drug trial in history is now in the Norwegian courts. The main defendant in the case, Gjermund Cappelen, has pleaded guilty in importing several tonnes of hashish to Norway and claims he has had help to this by the police officer Eric Jensen. During the trial, many unknown stories have been revealed – including new information on the theft of a number of royal antiques…
