Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway was
welcomed to a closed reception at the Royal Palace in Oslo on
Monday afternoon. The reception marked the end of this summer’s
exhibition. Among the guests were representatives of the partners
behind the exhibition, primarily the Norwegian Opera & Ballet, but
also the National Museum, which has made a number of Queen Maud’s
outfits available for the…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
attended her very first day at her new school on Monday. The Royal
Court told the press that the Princess and future queen would start
the 10th grade at Uranienborg School in Oslo. This news was
first reported by Royal Central in May.
Queen Margrethe holidaying in France before heading home to host President Trump on State Visit
19th August 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is on her
annual summer holiday to France for a few weeks in the sun before
she returns home to host President Trump on a State Visit. Her
Majesty is staying in Château de Cayx, a French residence she
shares with her son, Crown Prince…
While some links between royal houses are
well known and rather close, others are a little more distant and
perhaps all the more interesting for that. Royal Central’s summer
series looking at royal relations across Europe turns today to
Monaco and the United Kingdom. And although the links between
Albert II and Elizabeth II might be stretched, they are still
there. The connection between the…
Crown Princess Mary opened the Odense
Flower Festival last week, one of the largest flower festivals in
Denmark. Crown Princess Mary was greeted by the Mayor of Odense
upon arrival and attended the opening ceremony for the 20th edition
of the flower festival. “For…
Liechtenstein’s royal family raised a
glass with their people Thursday to mark the principality’s 300th
birthday, holding a party in the gardens of Schloss Vaduz Castle.
Average citizens enjoyed beers alongside the reigning Prince of
Liechtenstein, Prince Hans-Adam…
Princess Astrid attended baptism of rescue ship named after her late sister, Princess Ragnhild
17th August 2019
On Wednesday of this week, Princess
Astrid, Mrs Ferner was present when the newest rescue ship in
Norway was baptised at the Norwegian Maritime Museum. The ship was
named “Princess Ragnhild” who was the older sister of both Princess
Astrid and His Majesty King Harald V of Norway. Princess Ragnhild
died in 2012. “Princess Ragnhild” becomes the Rescue Company’s
170th ship since the…
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands – or
Queen Beatrix as she was known between 1980 and 2013 – has suffered
yet another loss when her youngest sister Princess Christina died
yesterday. Since 2002, she has had to say goodbye to her husband
Prince Claus, her parents…
American President Donald Trump has
expressed his interest in buying a part of the Danish kingdom. The
Wall Street Journal has reported that Trump is interested in buying
the world’s biggest island, Greenland, which is a self-governed
part of the Danish kingdom and ruled…
Princess Christina of the Netherlands,
who died on Friday at the age of 72, will be the first Dutch royal
to be cremated. Members of the Dutch Royal house are normally
interred in the royal crypt in Delft, however, Princess Christina
ceased to be a member of the Dutch royal house when she married
Jorge Pérez y Guillermo in 1975. She remained a member of the royal
family. The last to be…
