On Friday last week, Catalonia’s regional
parliament in Barcelona passed a motion condemning the monarchy in
the wake of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos going in exile. The
bill will have no practical significance and is to be regarded
mostly as a political move in the struggle for Catalan
independence. The passing of the bill takes place at the same time
as polling’s show that…
The summer is in full swing but the
Swedish Royal Family is getting back to work. This week, Prince
Carl Philip of Sweden attended the digital opening of the nature
photo exhibition “Royal National City Park – 25 Years”. The
exhibition, with 28 curated…
Denmark's media reports of ongoing dispute within the Danish Royal Family over castle inheritance
11th August 2020
There is an ongoing dispute over
inheritance within the Danish Royal Family according to the Danish
weekly magazine Billed Bladet. Prince Gustav Frederik Philip
Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the son of Danish Princess
Benedikte and nephew of Queen Margrethe, is…
The details of the last will of the late
Princess Lilian of Sweden are once again being debated by the
country’s press. And the details show that siblings Crown Princess
Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine were treated
very differently by their aunt when it came to inheritance.
Princess Lilian died in 2013, at the age of 97, in her home, Villa
Solbacken on Djurgården in…
Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg,
former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, has expressed her support
to her former husband following his recently illness. In a
statement to the Danish magazine “Billedbladet” she says that she
and the two sons she has with Prince…
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…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia and her foundation launched a brand new and
free online education project with support from LINKgroup which
provides ITAcademy courses to children without parental care.
Thanks to Her Royal Highness young people aged 11 to 22 can attend
different one-month online courses using the unique LINK Distance
Learning system, in various fields such…
The former church Haga Sophia has been
widely reported in the media over recent weeks after the building
has been converted into a mosque for the second time. However, what
isn’t known to many is that right next to the famous building is a
unique hidden story. In a…
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…
The Austrian Prince Maximilian was born
in 1832 as the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Princess
Sophie of Bavaria. He grew up in safe surroundings in Austria and
pursued a career in the Austrian Navy. Following his career, he
became a close friend of Emperor Napoleon III of France. Maximilian
was encouraged by Napoleon III to become Emperor of Mexico
following the French intervention…
