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 Princess talks about many
different things. Among other things, she talks openly about her
feelings about shame, which at times have…
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…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit speaks of fracturing her tailbone: “It is simply the worst thing I have experienced”
22nd February 2021
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway participated recently in a podcast for the
Norwegian state TV-channel NRK. The podcast was the first solo
event that the Crown Princess participated in for almost a year. In
the recording, Her Royal Highness discusses many things, including
the recent fracture in her coccyx (tailbone). In the podcast, the
host Else Kåss Furuseth jokingly…
British police arrest two people after £1million jewel-theft from Princess Firyal of Jordan
22nd February 2021
A 65-year-old cleaner and her
37-years-old nephew have been arrested in England over the theft of
gems worth more than £1million from Princess Firyal of Jordan. The
jewels was taken from the Princess London home in the exclusive are
of Belgravia and includes a diamond…
Happy Birthday King Harald - The Norwegian monarch turns 84-years-old
21st February 2021
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
celebrates his 84th birthday on Sunday. To mark the occasion, a
21-gun-salute will be fired at noon from the cannons at
Akershus Fortress in Oslo. It is tradition in Norway to have a gun
salute from 11 fortresses in Norway for the birthdays…
62-year-old Prince Hubertus is the world's oldest active alpinist
20th February 2021
Yesterday, 19 February, Prince Hubertus
von Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the oldest alpinist ever in the world
championship when he participated for the 19th time. The
62-year-old Prince is a television show host, actor, singer and
very fond of attention. Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg
made his World Cup debut in Schladming in 1982. When he qualified
for the Alpine skiing race in Cortina…
On Wednesday, Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway digitally met with four young people with learning
disabilities to learn about the challenges they face. About five
percent of people have dyslexia, and just as many have dyscalculia
and other specific language difficulties. In…
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia have become the latest royals to receive the
vaccine against the coronavirus. The Serbian Crown Prince Couple
received their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on
Wednesday. The vaccination took place at…
Why is Pablo Hasel, the Spanish rapper who insulted the monarchy, so controversial?
18th February 2021
Spanish police say rapper Pablo Hasél was
arrested by Catalan police at Lleida University in north-eastern
Spain after a 24-hour standoff, where the rapper had barricaded
himself in a building. He was taken to prison to serve a nine-month
sentence after being convicted of offending the monarchy and
endorsing terrorism in tweets and a song. Hasél had referred to the
former Spanish king Juan…
