Norway

Norwegian Royal Family attends Christmas service in Holmenkollen Chapel

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25th December 2018
In good tradition, the Norwegian Royal Family attended the regular Christmas service in Holmenkollen Chapel this Tuesday. The royal couple were welcomed and escorted into the chapel by the priest from Riis Church who also is the priest of the chapel in Holmenkollen. The chapel was used as a prayer house from 1903. It was first taken in use for celebrations and ceremonies in 1913. The chapel was…
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Luxembourg

Grand Duke Henri encourages all international leaders to be "aware of their responsibilities" in his Christmas Eve address

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25th December 2018
In his Christmas Eve address – delivered in Luxemburgish – Grand Duke Henri talked a lot about democracy and the tense international political climate and encouraged all global leaders to “be aware of their responsibilities”. Grand Duke Henri started his speech by talking about the ceremonies held across Europe to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War noting…
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Belgium

In Christmas Eve address, King Philippe says "to look where we are in life"

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24th December 2018
In his annual Christmas Eve address (delivered in Dutch, French and German), King Philippe of Belgium talks of looking “where we are in life.” Saying that the Christmas and New Year holidays are “a perfect time to look back”, he says that we must also remember “that life is a path that we do not follow alone, but with fellow travellers, who, like us, need companionship, someone to…
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Taking a peek at the collective 2018 royal Christmas greetings

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24th December 2018
As it is Christmas Eve, let us take a look at the royal Christmas greetings sent out by the royals this year. In Britain, Clarence House released this year’s Christmas card featuring a summer picture taken by Hugo Burnand in the garden of Clarence House. Embed from Getty…
Monaco

Prince Albert of Monaco and nephew host Christmas party for children

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23rd December 2018
Christmas celebrations are all around, and it was no different in Monaco as Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, hosted his traditional Christmas party at the Prince’s Palace of Monaco on 19 December, alongside his nephew, Louis Ducruet. For this year’s party, Prince Albert and Louis received more than 600 guests, aged between five and 12. They were all entertained by the champion of France…
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