Luxembourg

Grand Duke Henri visits victims of rare Luxembourg tornado

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg has visited the victims of the towns that were hit by a rare tornado. A wind rush also caused damage in Amsterdam in the Netherlands but it is unclear if these were severe enough to be classified as a tornado. The towns of Pétange and Basharage were hit by gusts of winds up to 130 km/h and some 160 homes were damaged of which 100 are now uninhabitable. Fourteen…
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BelgiumEuropean Royals

A look at the Queen Paola Foundation

The Queen Paola Foundation was created in 1992 as an initiative of Belgium’s Queen Paola to promote the integration and training of socially vulnerable youth. Her husband, King Albert II abdicated the throne for health reasons in 2013, but Queen Paola continued to focus on her work with the foundation, which operates autonomously and employs a small team of full-time staff and…
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Spain

Spain's royals host reception in the Balearic Islands

King Felipe VI of Spain has welcomed politicians, community leaders and high profile members of the local community to a special reception held on Mallorca. The Spanish monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Letizia, and his mother, Queen Sofia, for the event which marks the…
European RoyalsThe Netherlands

Queen Máxima to attend launch of National AI Junior course

Queen Máxima will attend the launch of the National AI Junior course in Toldijk, which will be the first artificial intelligence course taught to young students in the Netherlands, next month. The National AI Junior course was developed by the National AI Course, FutureNL and UpgradeNL to teach young people the principles of artificial intelligence. The three organisations hope to “make…
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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to King Willem-Alexander

Her Majesty The Queen is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Princess Carolina was born on 28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom she would…
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