When Norway celebrated its National Day last year on 17 May, King Harald and Queen Sonja received more than 4.000 drawings from children in Oslo. As Norway marks its special day in 2021, at the request of the King and Queen, a selection of the drawings that the royals received in 2020 has now been exhibited. They will be on show in Castle Park outside the Royal Palace for the next few…
Norway has been celebrating its national day and although events were smaller this year, due to the pandemic, the Norwegian royal family had a central role during the celebrations. Led by King Harald, they remained the centre of this second, consecutive scaled back National…
Norway celebrates its National Day on May 17 and the celebration will be smaller this year due to the pandemic. However, the Norwegian royal family has now announced their plans for the special celebration of Norway’s constitution. Even without the traditional…
It is no secret that Queen Margrethe’s deceased husband, Prince Henrik, struggled to find his role in the Danish royal set up during his lifetime. Like his father, Prince Joachim also struggles to live in the shadow of a close family member, his older brother Crown Prince Frederik. This is clear in a new interview that Prince Joachim has given to the French magazine Point de Vue.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden inaugurated a glass exhibition at Solliden Palace on Tuesday. The royal couple were joined by the artist Bertil Vallien at the inauguration of the new summer exhibition at Solliden located just outside Stockholm. This…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia has congratulated Ramadan Bayram to all believers of the Islamic faith in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. Eid al-Fitr, also known as Ramadan Bayram, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the…
Crown Prince Haakon to continue as an ambassador to the United Nations Development Programme
11th May 2021
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has signed an agreement to serve an additional two years as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The Crown Prince was first appointed to be a goodwill ambassador for the programme in 2003.
As UNDP ambassador, the Crown Prince works to promote the UN’s sustainability goals, with a special commitment to…
Earlier this year, it became known that Romania’s parliament was considering renaming the Parliament Hall after the late King Michael I of Romania. Now the official name change has taken place, and from Monday this week, the hall will be called ‘King Michael I of…
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, hosted an event on Sunday at the Royal Castle of Săvârșin on honour of Europe Day. His Royal Highness Prince Radu and Her Royal Highness Princess Sofia also attended the event. A Jazz and Blues Concert was…
On Saturday, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon laid a wreath to commemorate those who have lost their lives in the service of Norway. Over the weekend, Norway marked their liberation from German occupation after World War II. The Norwegian Royal Family has a long tradition of participating at these events, as they themselves were directly affected during the war and had to live in exile for…
