King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
spoke to a group of demonstrators after opening the new Sophiahof
Museum in The Hague. The Sophiahof Museum is meant to be a centre
of knowledge, culture and remembrance for everyone who had anything
to do with the former Dutch East Indies. Five Indonesian
organisations are also involved: the Indisch Herinneringscentrum,
the Stichting Moluks Historisch…
Queen Margrethe has approved the
establishment of a new government in Denmark following an election
earlier in June. The discussions to form a new government started
the day following the election on June 6. Queen Margrethe was asked
by at the acting Prime Minister’s…
Crown Prince Haakon was present at the
opening of the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union
in Norway on Thursday. This year, the Norwegian state owned
TV-channel NRK is host to the meeting in Oslo. The Crown Prince was
the one to welcome the European…
The Duchess of Brabant speaks to the press for the first time during Unicef visit
27th June 2019
Princess Elisabeth, the Duchess of
Brabant, spoke to the press for the first time today. She and her
mother, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have just finished a visit
to Kenya for Unicef, and it was the Princess’ first major mission
abroad. Princess Elisabeth said, “This is my first visit to a land
in East Africa, and I have had many different impressions. It is a
very intense and unique…
Crown Prince Alexander attends book launch for new biography about King Peter the Liberator
26th June 2019
On Tuesday, the Serbian Royal Family
attended a very special book launch. This was the royal historical
biography by Serbian historian, Dusan M. Babac called “Peter I –
The Liberator King”, published by the Belgrade publishing house,
Evro Book. The book launch took…
Bohemian royalists are heavily involved
in the protests against the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.
This has been reported by some Czech media and the International
Monarchist League. Amidst the huge protests, one can see the flags
of the former kingdom of Bohemia and…
The Duchess of Brabant joins her mother, Queen Mathilde in Kenya for Unicef
25th June 2019
The 17-year-old Duchess of Brabant – heir
to the Belgian throne – has joined her mother, Queen Mathilde in
Kenya for Unicef in her first major mission abroad. Queen Mathilde
has been the honorary president of Unicef Belgium for ten years.
She previously visited Haiti in 2012, Ethiopia in 2015 and Laos in
2017. Kenya currently houses around 200,000 unaccompanied minor
refugees. Queen Matilde…
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia hosted, for the
eighteenth consecutive year, the traditional reception for more
than 600 of the best high school students from Serbia and the
Republic of Srpska. The reception was held at…
Events for Luxembourg’s National Day
began on Saturday with Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and
Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie visited Esch-sur-Alzette, and
Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa paid a visit to
Château de Bourscheid. In the evening, the…
King Harald of Norway has confirmed to
Norwegian media that the Royal Court is in dialogue about the
commercial use of Princess Märtha Louise’s title. Confirming the
dialogue is underway to NRK, His Majesty said, “At the present
time, we cannot say how far we have come in the dialogue. But we
are trying to get an arrangement.” The King was questioned on if
the commercial use of the title…
