Yesterday it emerged that Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway held meetings with disgraced financier
Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison. According to VG,
Norway’s biggest newspaper, Mette-Marit had meetings with Epstein
between 2011 and 2013 – years after his conviction for soliciting a
minor for prostitution. In a statement, the Crown Princess said: “I
would never have had…
New royal implicated in Jeffrey Epstein scandal
2nd December 2019
It has emerged that Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway held meetings with disgraced financier
Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison. According to VG,
Norway’s biggest newspaper, Mette-Marit had meetings with Epstein
between 2011 and 2013 – years…
Royal Wedding Rewind: Queen Maud and King Haakon of Norway
30th November 2019
This month marks the 150th anniversary of
the birth of Queen Maud of Norway. There British royal became a
queen in 1905 but her path to a throne began nine years earlier
when she married her cousin in a very Victorian wedding. However,
the seemingly run of the mill royal…
Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Astrid join efforts against landmines
29th November 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway and Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium met this
week in Oslo to continue their fight against the use of landmines.
It is 20 years since the Convention prohibiting the production,
use, storage and export of anti-personnel mines came into force. On
Monday, Crown Prince Haakon spoke at the opening of the fourth
oversight conference. Crown…
Finding Queen Maud in Oslo
26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since Norway’s
Queen Maud was born. This is marked by Royal Central with several
articles where we look at the life of the British princess who
married a Danish prince and ended up as a Norwegian queen. In Oslo
today, the city that Maud once…
The lost tiara of Queen Maud
26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since the
Norwegian Queen Maud was born in London. Much has been written
about the queen who was elected to be monarch together with her
husband as a new Norwegian royal couple in an independent Norway in
1905. When Queen Maud came to Norway, she…
Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend football match
26th November 2019
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway and Her
Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present during the
women’s football cup final in Norway on Saturday. The final was
played in the capital of Oslo at the Telenor Arena and was close
match between the archrivals Lillestrøm and Vålerenga. They gave
the royals a great game in the fight for the Norwegian
championship. “We are all…
Portrait of a Queen: Maud of Norway in images
19th November 2019
As we look back on the 150th anniversary
of Queen Maud of Norway’s birth, Royal Central is taking a look at
the Norwegian queen who was the daughter of King Edward VII of the
United Kingdom and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. [getty
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Crown Prince Haakon celebrates 50 years of business relations with Qatar
12th November 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway attended on Monday a ceremony in the Qatari capital of Doha
to celebrate 50 years of business cooperation between Norway and
Qatar. The Crown Prince was accompanied by Norway’s Minister of
Commerce, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
Norway’s Crown Prince Couple, Crown
Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, reportedly could have
been involved in an ongoing spy case that has affected
Norwegian-Russian relations. This was reported by Norwegian state
television NRK on Thursday evening. The case began in December 2017
when the Norwegian spy Frode Berg was arrested in Russia. The FSB,
who arrested him, believed he was…

