Norway

King Harald hands out the Kavli Award

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7th September 2022
The Kavli Award is three research prizes awarded every other year in Oslo by the American Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. King Harald of Norway has handed out the Kavli Award for 2020 and 2022. This happened, firstly, in an awards ceremony which…
European RoyalsThe Netherlands

A new chapter for the Princess of Orange as she starts university

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6th September 2022
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands began a new chapter when she attended her first university classes at the University of Amsterdam. The young royal began her undergraduate studies with an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics. She did not stop to talk to assembled reporters who were there to capture her first day of university but did…
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BelgiumEuropean Royals

Belgium's modern royal weddings

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5th September 2022
As Princess Maria Laura of Belgium prepares to marry her British investment banker fiancé William Isvy in Brussels, her nuptials become the latest Belgian royal wedding. There’s a short history of modern royal weddings in Belgium: only four have occurred since 1980. Today, let’s look at the previous Belgian royal weddings to see if we can find any hints at what’s to come. Princess…
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Spain

Another princess to head to military school

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4th September 2022
Another princess and heir to the throne is set to head to military school like her European counterparts. Spain’s Princess Leonor, 16, will undergo military training after leaving the Atlantic College in Wales. She will graduate from the Welsh school in 2023.
Norway

King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon resume joint agenda after the holidays

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4th September 2022
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway made a joint appearance on the Royal Palace’s balcony to greet a military parade.  But it wasn’t just any military event; it was the annual performance of the 3rd Guard Company, which consists of about 130 military personnel, who are recruited at the beginning of autumn and train during autumn and winter, to then leave for concerts, exhibitions…
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