King Felipe and Queen Letizia enjoyed the
inaugural performance of the 23rd season of the Royal Theatre this
week, taking in the opera “Don Carlos” by Giuseppe Verdi. According
to the royal house, the King and Queen were accompanied by the
president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet; the
president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz
Ayuso; Acting Ministers of Foreign…
Queen Sonja has opened the new museum
building “The Twist” outside Oslo with Crown Prince Frederik of
Denmark also present during the opening. Queen Sonja and Crown
Prince Frederik got a tour with investor Christen Sveaas of the new
building which is located at the…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden have concluded their trip to Denmark where they
accompanied a Swedish business delegation and met up with close
friends, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
The visit began on 16 September and…
It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark’s
romance has since weathered political crises and exile – here’s a
look back at a very royal wedding…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden opened the Folke Bernadotte Bridge yesterday in Stockholm.
The pedestrian bridge crosses the Djurgårdsbrunnsviken and connects
Museum Park and Rosendal Palace. Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
was a cousin to the King…
King Felipe says new elections will take place in Spain this autumn
18th September 2019
Political leaders have spent the last two
days meeting with the Spanish monarch to try to establish a stable
government in the country. King Felipe has now declared the
meetings over and said, in a statement on Tuesday evening, that he
would not be putting forward a…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Queen Sonja mark the completion of royal sculpture park
17th September 2019
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway, marked this Tuesday, the arrival of the last
new sculptures in Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Sculpture Park in the
Palace Park by the Royal Palace in Oslo. The Princess was
accompanied by her grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Sonja. The
ceremony also marked the completion of the park. Her Majesty the
Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess…
The third Tuesday of September is
traditionally Princes’ Day, the day on which the reigning monarch
of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate
and House of Representatives to give the speech from the throne.
The speech sets out the main policy items…
Crown Princess Mary speaks about the importance of vaccination at a global health event
17th September 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark put
vaccination at the heart of her agenda as she spoke at the World
Health Organisation Regional Committee for Europe’s 69th session on
its opening day Monday. “I am honoured to once again have the
opportunity to speak to you,” Mary…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium to star on stamp marking 18th birthday
15th September 2019
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Duchess of
Brabant, is to star on a stamp marking her 18th birthday. The
future Queen of Belgium will celebrate her birthday on 25 October.
The new stamp will be released on 21 October – four days ahead of
her reaching the age of majority. What the stamp will look like
remains a mystery as only a blurred image of the stamped has been
released. It appears to be…
