Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has
launched this year’s literature-train in a story on Instagram that
was published earlier this week. This year’s literature-train will
run as a digital event that will take place through four
conservations with some of the Crown Princess’ favourite authors.
Her Royal Highness published the following message: “Hi, dear all.
On Thursday…
his year marks 30 years since King Harald
ascended the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King
Olav V. The anniversary of King Harald and Queen Sonja cannot be
celebrated in the traditional way due to the pandemic, but Queen
Margrethe of Denmark has sent a…
Former US President Bill Clinton sends personal greeting to King Harald and Queen Sonja
1st March 2021
This year marks 30 years since King
Harald ascended the Norwegian throne after the death of his father,
King Olav V. The anniversary of King Harald and Queen Sonja cannot
be celebrated in the traditional way due to the pandemic, but
former President Bill Clinton has sent a…
Countess Alexandra to move into an apartment
26th February 2021
Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, the
former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, is to move out of her
villa and into an apartment in the capital of Copenhagen. The
Danish Magazine “Se og Hør” reported the moving plans, and the news
has also been confirmed by Countess Alexandra’s press adviser. The
Countess is moving to Copenhagen this summer, where she has bought
an apartment in…
Queen Silvia makes surprise appearance after fracturing wrist
26th February 2021
It has been almost two weeks since the
news came from Sweden that Her Majesty Queen Silvia had been taken
to the hospital after a fall. After treatment, Silvia returned to
Drottningholm Palace. The queen was treated for a fracture in her
wrist. Following the accident, the…
On Wednesday this week, Her Royal
Highness Crown princess Mary attended physical a meeting. The Crown
Princess had scrapped the digital video-calls we are all used to
with a rare physical presence when she visited the World Health
Organisation’s Regional Director for…
On Tuesday, Her Royal Highness Crown
Princess Victoria of Sweden participated in a digital symposium on
the Antarctic ecosystem and climate change. During the event Her
Royal Highness also held a speech from her home-office at Haga
Castle. The Crown Princess began the symposium with a speech in
which she said: “We have great challenges ahead of us. In the
waters around Antarctica, there…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
participated two weeks ago in a podcast for the Norwegian state
TV-channel NRK. This podcast was the first solo event that the
Crown Princess participated in, in almost a year. On Saturday, the
podcast was published, and the Crown…
Romania’s National Assembly Hall to be renamed in honour of King Michael
23rd February 2021
Romania can take another step towards
honouring its royal history as the hall of the parliament will be
named after King Michael I. Last week, a deputy member of the
Romanian National Liberal Party, proposed that the main room in the
Romanian Parliament should bear the name…
Former Brazilian Imperial Palace destroyed by fire is to be completely restored by 2024
22nd February 2021
The former Brazilian Imperial Palace,
Paço de São Cristóvão, is set to be restored after being destroyed
by a large fire.. Located in Rio de Janeiro, the historic palace
was largely destroyed by the blaze on 2 September 2018. At the
time, the former royal residence was being used as a museum and
housed the major part of the collections of the National Museum of
Brazil. The building served…

