Prince Christian of Denmark will not
receive a royal allowance when he turns 18 in October. The Danish
Royal House has announced that the future monarch will not receive
an allowance until he is 21 unless his father ascends to the throne
before that. This decision was made with the Prime Minister’s
Office. The Royal House also stressed that the Prince would not be
expected to…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra will spend a
calendar year serving in the Norwegian military, the Royal Court
announced on 26 June. The future queen, who graduated from
Elvebakken Upper Secondary School last week, will spend the autumn
working at a school before beginning a…
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands has
been granted two special honours by her father, King
Willem-Alexander, on her 18th birthday. The King has made her a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and a
Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is to
spend a term working as an assistant in a school. The second in
line to the throne, who has just finished her secondary education,
will be an assistant and an environmental worker at
Uranienborg from September and through the autumn. After that,
she will begin a year of military training which will take her to
Skjold camp in Inner Troms, the base of…
King Eric the Victorious is the first
Swedish monarch in a consecutive succession with a true written
record. He was the first ruler thought to be accepted by both all
Swedes and the Geats (a Germanic tribe) that resided in what is now
modern Sweden. There were monarchs…
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands turns
18 today. Her mother, Queen Maxima, revealed how they would
celebrate Alexia’s big day during a recent state visit to Belgium
to Blauw Bloed. “Hopefully, with some godparents and her
grandmother, of course.And…
Prince Albert travelled to New York City
to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Principality of Monaco
being officially recognised as a sovereign state by the United
Nations. This was also an occasion to celebrate the legacy of
Prince Rainier III, Prince Albert’s father, in what would have been
the 100th anniversary of his birth. On Monday, 19 June, His Serene
Highness landed in…
On a sunny summer’s day, the King and
Queen of Norway brought smiles to a military parade as they took
part in an annual tradition. The 3rd Royal Guards Company thrilled
the public with their impressive drill demonstrations at the Palace
Square in Oslo. As the crowd…
Queen Sonja has helped celebrate an
important anniversary for one of Norway’s best known art museums.
The Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo is known for its impressive
collection of contemporary artworks. It marks its 30th anniversary
this week and its jubilee…
Biotech, Navy, art and a sad goodbye as the Dutch State Visit to Belgium draws to a close
23rd June 2023
Thursday marked the last day of the State
Visit that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are paying to
Belgium – but last doesn’t mean less busy. The day began in Leuven,
where the four royals visited Imec. This facility works in research
for the chip tech sector, which is assuming an increasing strategic
relevance for the independence of Europe in the semiconductors…
