Palaces & BuildingsSweden

The Forgotten Balcony is finally complete

Hundreds of years after the Royal Palace of Stockholm was built, the Forgotten Balcony is finally complete. The completion of the balcony comes just in time for King Carl XVI Gustaf’s birthday on 30 April and the celebrations of his Golden Jubilee in September. Stockholm Palace, as it is commonly called, was completed in 1754. Double doors that lead out to a copper roof have been…
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Spain

Queen Letizia flies her health advocacy flag high as she celebrates 100th anniversary of first med-evac in Spain

Queen Letizia of Spain visited the Cuatro Vientos Aerial Base to celebrate the closing of the events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first medical aerial evacuation in Spain.  On 20 April, the Queen arrived at the military base outside of Madrid, accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, the Undersecretary of Defence, and the Chief of the Air and Space Force, Air…
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Denmark

Crown Prince Frederik visits top Danish military force

Crown Prince Frederik made a trip to Camp Valdemar military base in Latvia, where he met with Danish troops stationed in the area. On 19th April, the heir to the Danish throne arrived in the Baltic nation to meet some of the 800 soldiers stationed there as part of the NATO border defense force.  His Royal Highness was firstly given a tour of Camp Valdemar, during which he had an…
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