Spain

Mystery continues over the whereabouts of King Juan Carlos

Several Spanish newspapers are reporting that King Juan Carlos I has arrived in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. The former monarch left Spain on Sunday, shortly before an official announcement that he was to go into exile. Several media sources have reported that Juan Carlos left Spain via Portugal. The Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia is now reporting that, during the weekend…
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Sweden

Sweden’s Royal Court having financial difficulty

Sweden’s Royal Court is having financial problems, the Royal Court has said. The royal palaces have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The visitors are absent, and a loss of approximately 75 per cent of the revenue is expected this year. According to the Head of Finance at the Royal Court in Sweden, it risks affecting cultural heritage. During the spring, the royal palaces have…
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FeaturesHistoryNorway

Killed in battle: King Olav the Holy of Norway

King Olav II of Norway was born in 993 at a royal farm in Ringerike, west of the present capital of Oslo. Even though neither of his parents were a king or queen, Olav was the great-great-grandchild of King Harald I, Norway’s first king. Being a decedent of King Harald was politically convenient as it gave Olav the right to claim political power and to be considered when the Norwegians…
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Denmark

Prince Joachim gave interview the same day he became ill

On Saturday, it was announced that Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger child of Queen Margrethe had an emergency brain surgery on Friday in France. Now, the Danish press has revealed that the Prince gave an interview just two hours before he became ill on Friday. Just a few hours before Prince Joachim became acutely ill with a blood clot on his brain, he was interviewed by the French…
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