Princess Benedikte of Denmark is
revealing many of her life stories and opinions in a new biography,
Benedikte – A Royal Princess, and one of them is she thinks royal
women spend too much on clothing. The Princess, who is one of Queen
Margrethe’s younger sisters, turned 75 on Monday. The book was
released to commemorate the occasion and is written by journalist
Anne Sofie Kragh. It includes…
Crown Princess Mary to attend Women Deliver event ahead of Vancouver conference in June
28th April 2019
Crown Princess Mary is to take part in
the Women Deliver handover event next month in Copenhagen ahead of
the 2019 Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver in June. Denmark
hosted the last Women Deliver Conference in 2016, and the relay
event will hand over hosting duties to…
The body of Grand Duke Jean has arrived
at the Grand Ducal Palace to lie in state. His remains were
transferred from Château de Berg, and the Grand Ducal Family
followed behind the hearse during the journey which saw many
Luxembourgers line the streets to bid a final…
One of the world’s most prestigious
children’s literature prize ceremonies took place in Spain
Thursday, with Queen Letizia honouring the winners. The Queen spoke
about the impact of literature on young people during the event at
Madrid’s historic Royal Post Office building, Casa de Correos.
“Thanks to all those who make it possible with your daily work that
so many children and young…
It was as if it was meant to be, the rain
in Amersfoort stopped just long enough to allow the Dutch Royal
Family to meet everyone along the route. Afterwards, King
Willem-Alexander said, “We, and the sun, have had an amazing party!
I would like to come back, and often…
With the accession of Queen Beatrix of
the Netherlands in 1980, Queen’s Day truly became a day of
interacting with the public. Let’s take a look at some of the best
moments from Queen’s Day and King’s Day. Embed from Getty Images
Prince Claus, the late husband of…
Though Queen’s Day is now celebrated as
King’s Day in the Netherlands, the 2009 celebrations in Apeldoorn
will forever be marked by tragedy. De Naald by Brbbl – CC BY-SA 3.0
via Wikimedia Commons Ten years ago – on 30 April 2009 – Karst
Tates drove his black Suzuki Swift through a crowd of people who
had lined the streets to watch the Dutch Royal Family go by in a
bus. His car ended up…
The city of Amersfoort is slowly turning
orange as it awaits the arrival of the Royal Family tomorrow for
King’s Day. Although the royals are not expected to arrive by
train, most of the public will be using public transport, and the
Amersfoort Central Station welcomes its…
On 25 April, Princess Marie attended the
presentation of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium’s 2014 book 10
Femmes Prix Nobel de la Paix (10 Women who won the Nobel Peace
Prize) in Rungsted. In 2014, Princess Marie-Esmeralda interviewed
the nine women who won the Nobel…
It was in February that Her Majesty Queen
Sonja of Norway opened a brand new exhibition in Queen Sonja Art
Stable in Oslo. On Friday, another art piece was added to the
ongoing show, and Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar
Aanmoen was invited to the preview. It is the Sami artist Máret
Ánne Sara’s art piece “Spirals of the Pile” which is the newest
piece to go on display in…
