His Majesty King Harald V of Norway has
sent his congratulations to Chinas President, Mr Xi Jinping, on the
occasion of his re-inauguration as President of China. The
congratulations were sent out from the Norwegian Royal Court on
Monday. The congratulatory message from King Harald is as follows:
HE Mr Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China,
Beijing Your Excellency, On the…
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed
to Royal Central that His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen
Sonja will spend the Easter holidays at Prinsehytta, according to
tradition. Traditionally, the royal couple travels to the Norwegian
mountains on the Friday before…
Following the birth of Princess
Madeleine’s third child, Princess Adrienne, we take a look at how
royal titles are used in the Scandinavian monarchies. Sweden The
members of the Swedish Royal Family carry the style of Royal
Highness with the title of Prince/Princess of…
The first day of the tour was used for
political talks. Yesterday the King and Queen honoured the victims
of the dictatorship. The last day of the State Visit was used to
focus more on Norwegian-Argentinian business, but also Argentinian
culture. The King and Queen have used this day to focus on the
Norwegian airline Norwegian Air Shuttle which is heavily involved
in the Argentine market. To mark…
The second day of the state visit focused
on the economic ties between Norway and Argentina. Norway had a
significant trade delegation with them in which everything from
airlines to official Norway was represented. The interests of
Norwegian companies in Argentina are mainly…
King Harald and Queen Sonja have now
completed the first day of their state visit to Argentina. The
royals arrived in Argentina on Sunday afternoon and spent Monday
resting before the state visit began today. The state visit lasts
until Thursday. The King and Queen were…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is
81-years-old today. To mark the King’s birthday, a 21-gun salute
was fired today at noon from the cannons at Akershus Fortress
in Oslo. Many people had turned up to watch the tribute in honour
of the King. It is tradition in Norway to have a gun salute from 11
fortresses in Norway for the birthdays of King Harald, Queen Sonja,
Crown Prince Haakon and…
Early this morning, the Royal Danish
House announced that His Royal Highness Prince Henrik had died at
the age of 83 at home at Fredensborg Palace. He passed away
peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his wife, Queen Margrethe and
their two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today
have completed their visit to the Norwegian capital, Oslo. The
visit to Norway occurred after the Duke and Duchess spent two days
in Stockholm. The British royals arrived yesterday morning at Oslo
Airport where they were received by…
King Harald quotes "Love Actually" in gala dinner speech for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
2nd February 2018
His Majesty King Harald of Norway quoted
the 2003 film Love Actually during his gala dinner speech last
night held in honour of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The
quote came almost halfway through his evening remarks when
discussing Norway and the United Kingdom. “Your Royal Highnesses,
In comparing Norway with the United Kingdom, I am tempted to quote
a line from the film Love…
