Belgium

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde to welcome Austrian President for state visit

Belgium will be hosting a state visit from the President of Austria next week.  The announcement came in the afternoon of Monday, 14 March, from the Belgian Royal Palace via a press release.  “At the invitation of Their Majesty the King and Queen, His Excellency Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, and Mrs Doris Schmidauer will carry on a State visit to…
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Sweden

Prince Carl Philip gets previews of top chef's menu for the 'World Cup of cooking'

Bocuse d’Or Europe is a qualifying competition for the World Cup of Chefs, he world’s most prestigious cooking competition. On March 14th 2022, Prince Carl Philip of Sweden participated in the tasting of the competition menu ahead of the Bocuse d’Or Europe competition, which takes place in Budapest from March 23rd to March 24th. At the Bocuse d’Or Europe in…
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DenmarkEuropean Royals

Queen Margrethe calls for end of ''senseless war'' as Denmark's Royal Family makes substantial donation to Ukraine

The Danish Royal Household has announced a 1 million Danish kroner (roughly 147000 US dollars) donation to a fund to help Ukrainian people. The donation will be jointly offered by the Queen Margarethe and Prince Henrik’s Foundation and the Crown Prince and Princess Foundation and will go to “Together for Ukraine”, a header under which many organisations operate and collect…
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Denmark

Princess Isabella begins Confirmation process

Princess Isabella of Denmark has begun her Confirmation process. The Princess joined her grandmother, Queen Margrethe, at Garrison Church in Copenhagen on 13 March for Sunday service. The service, conducted by Pastor Erik Norman Svendsen, began with the hymns…
The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visit military barracks converted in refugee camp for Ukrainians

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visited a military barrack currently housing Ukrainian refugees and got a chance to speak with many of them.  On Thursday, 10 March, Their Majesties travelled to the small village of Harskamp, in the municipality of Ede, roughly 80 kilometres southeast of Amsterdam. The village is home to the homonym military barracks, which, at the moment, are serving…
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