Many were very surprised when US
President Donald Trump cancelled his state visit to Denmark earlier
this week, and a lot thought this was a huge insult to Her Majesty
Queen Margrethe. A little less known story is that the President
only retaliated with the same behaviour as the Queen did in the
early 1990s. Then, it was Margrethe who cancelled a meeting with
then businessman Trump because she did…
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
has appointed a special commission to look into the Grand Ducal
Family’s staff operations and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa’s role,
the Luxembourg media has reported. At the end of June, Jeannot
Waringo was appointed to be the…
On Thursday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja watched His Majesty the King’s
Guard perform in the Palace Square from the Palace Balcony at Royal
Palace in Oslo. Over a thousand people had met up to see the show
which lasted for 30…
Spain’s King Emeritus, Juan Carlos is to
undergo a heart procedure, Casa Real announced last night. King
Juan Carlos will undergo the operation on Saturday, 24 August at
the Quirón de Pozuelo Clinic in Spain’s capital of Madrid. It was
decided to have the procedure by the end of August after an annual
check-up on 11 and 12 June. This will be His Majesty’s 17th
surgery, his first…
Crown Prince Leka II of Albania has
criticised Albania’s politicians after the country has had what the
European Union has described being as chaotic local elections. The
head of the Albanian Royal Family pointed out that his grandfather
in the 1930s banned all political…
Princess Christina's private funeral service has taken place in The Hague
22nd August 2019
The funeral service for Princess
Christina of the Netherlands has taken in place in The Hague. She
died on 16 August at the age of 72 after suffering from bone
cancer. She is the aunt of the current King of the Netherlands. She
is survived by her three children and five…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is reported to
be ‘shocked’ after President Trump cancelled his upcoming state
visit to the Kingdom after a dispute over Greenland. According to
Danish newspaper BT, Her Majesty is “shocked” by the impulsive
decision, with the President pulling out of the visit just two
weeks before it was due to take place. A spokesperson for The Queen
reacted to the news…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
has talked about her father’s death in a new interview with the
Danish magazine ALT. The Queen was only 31-years-old when the flags
were hung at half-mast across the Kingdom of Denmark after her
father, King Frederick IX, died on…
Donald Trump extraordinarily cancels state visit to Denmark after their refusal to sell him Greenland
21st August 2019
President Trump appears to have cancelled
his upcoming state visit to Denmark after the country’s leaders
refused to entertain the notion of selling him Greenland. Queen
Margrethe had been due to host the US President in a couple of
weeks time, however, she looks to…
The coffin containing the remains of
Princess Christina of the Netherlands – who died last week at the
age of 72 – has been placed in the mourning chapel of the Fagel’s
Garden Pavilion on the grounds of Noordeinde Palace. [getty
src="1162848023" width="594" height="396"] The simple wooden coffin
is decorated with her sunflowers – Princess Christina’s favourite
flowers. In front of…
