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…
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of
Sweden has attended a seminar on Swedish security politics today.
The seminar is organised by the organisation “People and Defence”
and are regarded as Sweden’s most important forum for discussions
on security politics…
In recent months, many rumours have
been circulating about the Danish Royal Family, especially the
Danish Queen, Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Henrik. It is
almost a year since Prince Henrik chose to retire, and after
his retirement has he rarely been seen in public…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark
has received the North Jutland media anniversary award. The award
was handed out to the Queen in connection with the 250 years
anniversary of “the North Jutland Media” in a large-scale ceremony
in the House of Music in the Danish city of Aalborg. More than
1,000 invited guests were present at the award ceremony and the
following concert. Along with the…
The last heir to the former Ottoman
Empire, Prince Bayezid Osman, has died at the age of 92. Osman
Bayezid Osmanoğlu was the 44th head of the Ottoman family. On
Friday he died at his home in New York, USA. If the Ottoman
monarchy were restored, he would be Grand Sultan…
The Australian Monarchist League has told
its members to prepare for the death of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth. This was circulated in a note sent out to the
members of the monarchist organization entitled “how our lives will
change.” It was the leader of The…
New Year’s Eve is the evening many people
associate with a good dinner and fireworks. For the last 71 years
His Majesty The King’s Speech has also been a tradition for the
Norwegian people, first on radio, now on TV. See the entire speech
in the bottom of the article (the speech is in Norwegian). Both
King Harald and Queen Sonja will celebrate their 80th birthday in
2017. “This…
