Crown Prince Haakon of Norway concludes today a three-day long visit to New York. His Royal Highness visited New York to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This is an organisation that the Crown Prince supports, and he has since 2003 been the organisation’s goodwill-ambassador. The UNDP has been fighting poverty worldwide the last 50 years.
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Yesterday, Royal Central reported that Prince Albert of Monaco had sent his congratulations to Donald Trump after he won the United States presidential election earlier in November. However, he was not the first royal to congratulate Mr Trump. Crown Prince Alexander of…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark presented today The Queen`s Watch at a military parade on Barracks of the Danish Royal Guard in central Copenhagen.
The Queen`s Watch is an award handed out each year by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. The award is given to a soldier who…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together with Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
The prize was awarded at the Norwegian Nobel Center and was presented by Solveig Horne, Minister for Children…
For the Norwegian people, it is widely known that one can be grateful to King Haakon VII of Norway that the resistance against the German occupation was as extensive as it was during the Second World War. King Haakon refused to appoint the German friendly Vidkun Quisling…
Thailand is about to run out of pictures of the recently deceased King Bhumibol. Many Thais want a picture of the King and this has simply resulted in that stores start to run out of pictures and frames.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2010. Photo: Government of Thailand (CC BY…
When the King of Thailand died the people gathered in mourning and condolences were submitted from around the world. Now that the shock has subsided, what is in store for the future of Thailand. Several media sources now claims that Thailand is in a particularly vulnerable situation, and several speculates that the King’s death can result in violence and unrest. Could it really…
