BelgiumNorway

Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Astrid join efforts against landmines

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29th November 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium met this week in Oslo to continue their fight against the use of landmines. It is 20 years since the Convention prohibiting the production, use, storage and export of anti-personnel mines came into force. On Monday, Crown Prince Haakon spoke at the opening of the fourth oversight conference. Crown…
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Luxembourg

Photo Gallery: Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg marks 100th anniversary of the accession to the throne of HRH Grand Duchess Charlotte

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28th November 2019
On 26 November, the Grand Ducal Family celebrated the 100th anniversary of the accession to the throne of HRH Grand Duchess Charlotte with a lunch at the Château de Berg and an evening at the Philharmonie. Below are a selection of images from both events. © Grand Ducal Court / Marion Dessard / Sophie Margue © Grand Ducal Court / Marion Dessard / Sophie Margue © Grand Ducal Court /…
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European RoyalsMonaco

Princess Charlene talks about raising her "unstoppable" twins in new interview

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27th November 2019
Princess Charlene described her twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, as having an “incredible affection and gentleness for one another” in a new interview with a French magazine. In Point de Vue, a French royalty magazine, Princess Charlene spoke in a wide-ranging interview about raising her children, who turn five in December, saying that they “talk to each other all the time…
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European RoyalsThe Netherlands

Queen Máxima in Pakistan

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27th November 2019
Queen Máxima has been visiting Pakistan this week in her role as the Special Advocate of the UN Secretary-General for Inclusive Financing for Development to view the progress of the country’s access to financial services. Beginning her visit on Monday in Islamabad…
HistoryHistoryNorway

Finding Queen Maud in Oslo

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26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since Norway’s Queen Maud was born. This is marked by Royal Central with several articles where we look at the life of the British princess who married a Danish prince and ended up as a Norwegian queen. In Oslo today, the city that Maud once called her home, we can find many traces of the queen. Take a look at some of them here, so if you visit Oslo sometime in the…
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