Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway handed
out “The Queen Sonja School Award” for 2019 on Monday. This year’s
prize went to Stigeråsen school in the southern city of Skien. The
Queen was welcomed by Principal Kim Aas, School Inspector Dorthe
Naur and Student Council Leaders Jørgen Bjerkøen and Maram
Alayoubi. Minister of Education Jan Tore Sanner was also present at
the arrival of Her…
Yesterday it emerged that Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway held meetings with disgraced financier
Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison. According to VG,
Norway’s biggest newspaper, Mette-Marit had meetings with Epstein
between 2011 and 2013 – years after his…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia act as hosts for Conference on Climate Change (COP25)
3rd December 2019
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have played hosts to the United Nations Conference on Climate
Change (COP25) in Madrid where Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg,
Prince Albert of Monaco and other foreign dignitaries were in
attendance. The theme of the conference is to…
Prince Carl Philip presents award at Sweden International Horse Show
2nd December 2019
Prince Carl Philip spent the weekend with
some equine friends as he presented Prince Carl Philip’s Prize at
the Sweden International Horse Show on Saturday. This year’s prize
went to 15-year-old Lilly Johansson from Hittarp’s riding club and
her pony, Small Titan. “We bought him four years ago from Ireland,”
Lilly, whose parents both have equestrian backgrounds, told the
Sweden…
It has emerged that Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway held meetings with disgraced financier
Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison. According to VG,
Norway’s biggest newspaper, Mette-Marit had meetings with Epstein
between 2011 and 2013 – years after his…
This month marks the 150th anniversary of
the birth of Queen Maud of Norway. There British royal became a
queen in 1905 but her path to a throne began nine years earlier
when she married her cousin in a very Victorian wedding. However,
the seemingly run of the mill royal…
To conclude our series on the Princess
consorts of Monaco, we look at the current titleholder, Princess
Charlene – the wife of the Prince of Monaco, Albert II. Charlene
Lynette Wittstock was born Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) on 25 January 1978 to Michael and Lynette Wittstock as
their eldest child. Michael was a sales manager and Lynette was a
former competitive diver and swimming…
Spain’s republicans gathered for a two-day long conference to abolish the monarchy
30th November 2019
In Spain, a new debate about the monarchy
has begun. On Friday this week, the Spanish far-left movement
“Podemos” held a conference where they discussed the possibility of
a referendum on the monarchy with an option to abolish it. The
two-day-long conference was attended…
Belgium’s King and Queen have given a
rare interview to mark their twentieth wedding anniversary. And
speaking to RTBF, King Philippe revealed that the couple’s romance
and marriage plans had left them ”on a cloud”. The couple spoke to
Patrick Weber for a special…
Former King Albert II of Belgium’s appeal
against the order to undergo a DNA-test will be discussed today by
the Court of Cassation, the main court of last resort in Belgium.
He had been ordered to undergo a DNA-test in order to determine if
he is the father of Delphine Boël. He took the test in May 2019
after facing a 5,000 euro a day penalty for refusing to take the
DNA-test. However, the…
