Sweden

Queen Silvia kicks off Christmas celebrations

Christmas is fast approaching, and for the royals as well, this means an increase in the number of events that revolve around Christmas. In Sweden this week, Queen Silvia started Christmas with visiting the German ladies’ club in Stockholm. The German Ladies’ Club in Stockholm has around 100 female members who, as most, greatly appreciated receiving a royal visit. Christmas was…
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DenmarkFeatures

How Danish royals celebrate Christmas

The Danish Royal Family are some of the most open when it comes to details on how they celebrate the Christmas holidays. Ahead of the festive season, they always send out a press release about their Christmas plans. The Danish royals spend the holiday at Marselisborg…
Denmark

Denmark’s Prince Nikolai to talk on TV about being royal just before he loses his title

Prince Nikolai of Denmark has been the centre of attention this autumn after it became known that his grandmother, Queen Margrethe, will take away the prince and princess titles from him and his siblings next year. On Tuesday, it emerged that Prince Nikolai is participating in a special episode of Emil Erichsen’s new program, entitled “My own course.” Earlier this year…
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Sweden

Swedish royals host important event for government

It is a tradition in Sweden that after each parliamentary election, the King invites the new members of parliament to a grand dinner at Stockholm Palace. On November 29th 2022, such a dinner was held after the Swedish people voted in their new members of parliament…
European RoyalsFeaturesHistoryLuxembourg

The monarch’s role in Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had been in personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1839 until the death of King Willem III of the Netherlands in 1890. Upon his death, the Netherlands passed to his daughter Wilhelmina, but Luxembourg passed to a distant male relative who became Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke is Adolphe’s…
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Sweden

Prince Daniel sheds light on European economic cooperation

Business Europe is the European umbrella organization for business and employer organisations. Prince Daniel of Sweden has attended a dinner organised by them to highlight their work. The dinner was held in Stockholm City Hall with the board of The Confederation of European Business. The prince was welcomed to the City Hall by Business Europe’s chairman Fredrik Persson and Swedish…
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