On Friday of last week, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja congratulated Russian baritone Sergey Kaydalov who emerged
victorious from the final of the Queen Sonja International Music
Competition 2019. The competition’s final was held in the opera in
Oslo, and it was Her Majesty the Queen who presented the prize to
the winner. Six talented soloists were on stage during the finale.
Kaydalov won with his…
Spain’s leading newspaper,El País,
published the obituary of King Juan Carlos online albeit incredibly
prematurely. In actual fact, the former King of Spain is alive and
well and is recovering in hospital from major cardiac surgery. El
País announced the King’s…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been
visited in the Intensive Care Unit by his youngest daughter,
Infanta Cristina. Cristina arrived at the Quirónsalud University
Hospital in Pozuelo de Alarcón on Monday afternoon to visit her
father, alongside her children, Juan…
The Dutch Royal Family has returned to
work, with the first official engagement taking place since the
death of Princess Christina earlier this month. Princess Beatrix
attended the opening of the 79th session of the Institut de Droit
International (IDI) in the Grand Courtroom of the Peace Palace.
Beatrix, formerly Queen of the Netherlands, was the elder sister to
Princess Christina who died…
Doctors treating the former monarch of
Spain, Juan Carlos I, say the major cardiac surgery he underwent
this weekend has been a success. Juan Carlos had a triple bypass on
Saturday at a private clinic in Madrid. King Felipe VI and his
mother, Queen Sofia, arrived at the…
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden paid a
visit to the Marine Centre and Simris Alg late last week. On
Thursday, Victoria began a day of engagements focusing on marine
life and the marine economy. In the morning, she visited the Marine
Centre in Simrishamn with the…
Bernadotte & Kylberg, the design duo run
by Prince Carl Philip and his friend Oscar Kylberg, have launched a
new homeware collection for Scandanavian brand Stelton. The Prince
has always had a creative eye, as an alumnus of Rhode Island School
of Design and Forsberg’s, a Stockholm advertising, graphic design
and copywriting school. In 2012 he put this talent to use,
partnering with fellow…
Prince of Wales and Princess Beatrix to attend Battle of Arnhem 75th anniversary commemorative events
24th August 2019
The Prince of Wales will travel to the
Netherlands in September to attend commemorations for the 75th
anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, a major battle in the Second
World War. Clarence House announced the news on Friday afternoon
and noted that Prince Charles will be…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel to lead Swedish business delegation in Copenhagen
24th August 2019
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
will undertake a Swedish business delegation to Denmark in
mid-September and will be hosted by their Danish counterparts,
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. The Royal Houses of
Denmark and Sweden announced the news…
The private residence of the Swedish
Royal Family, Drottningholm Palace, was built in the 1600s and is
listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The Swedish Monarchy
says that it is the “most well-preserved royal castle built in the
1600s in Sweden and at the same time is representative of all
European architecture for the period.” It has been the family’s
private home since 1981 and is…
