His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is a well-known pilot. He thinks flying is fun and trained as a pilot for the national Dutch air-operator, KLM. This week, a special thing happened on one of a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Paris, under the charge of the Dutch king.
The flight was overbooked and it was Willem-Alexander who came up with the great solution that made one…
Serbia's Crown Prince Couple highlight problems with cancer and orphans
14th November 2019
On Thursday of last week, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia organised a formal dinner at the White Palace in honour of the 56th Cancer Conference Week. This happened only a day after Their Royal Highnesses announced that they had made a large…
Crown Prince Haakon celebrates 50 years of business relations with Qatar
12th November 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended on Monday a ceremony in the Qatari capital of Doha to celebrate 50 years of business cooperation between Norway and Qatar. The Crown Prince was accompanied by Norway’s Minister of Commerce, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
Norway’s Crown Prince Couple, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, reportedly could have been involved in an ongoing spy case that has affected Norwegian-Russian relations. This was reported by Norwegian state television NRK on Thursday evening. The case began in December 2017 when the Norwegian spy Frode Berg was arrested in Russia. The FSB, who arrested him, believed he was…
On Wednesday, His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway welcomed the Slovenian president on a state visit to the Kingdom of Norway. On Thursday the visit continued and was concluded.
On Wednesday, the royals accompanied the President and his wife…
King Harald and Queen Sonja have welcomed the President of Slovenia on a State Visit to Norway. In accordance with Norwegian royal tradition, the visit began with an official welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace.
President Borut Pahor was received by Their Majesties King…
Spanish Vox party MPs have confirmed they will ask their country’s parliament to cancel an upcoming royal visit this month to Cuba by King Felipe VI. Vox party leader, Santiago Abascal, announced the initiative, describing the visit as “madness”. The request to the Spanish parliament was submitted in late October.
Speaking on Spanish radio Senor Abascal described the visit to Cuba…
Anti-monarchy protests in Catalonia take place as Spanish royals attend events in Barcelona
5th November 2019
Following the visit to Catalonia by the Spanish Royal Family, an anti-monarchy protest has erupted in Barcelona. More than 2000 people demonstrated Monday against King Felipe’s visit to Barcelona, asking for the end of the monarchy.
The protesters held their rally…
On 28 October, the annual march for the monarchy was held by Czech monarchists in the city of Prague. They wish for a return of the Habsburg monarchy to the country. While the government officials celebrate the 101st anniversary of former Czechoslovakia, monarchist gathered…
On Sunday Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the annual national memorial day at Akershus fortress. His Royal Highness arrived on Sunday morning at the monuments in the new part of the fortress. Here he laid a wreath at the memorial for fallen soldiers.
At the ceremony in the Museum Courtyard at Akershus, Defense Chief Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hansen gave the memorial speech. The President of…
