Each family has its own Christmas
tradition, and royal families are no exception. The Spanish Royal
Family starts Christmas festivities by releasing their Christmas
cards earlier in December that they will be sending out to those
who send them holiday cards over the festive period. King Felipe,
Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía have their
signatures printed on their card, while…
Princess Charlene shares unseen photos of her twins on special day
11th December 2022
Princess Charlene of Monaco has shared
several unseen photographs of her twins, Princess Gabriella and
Prince Jacques, on her Instagram account in celebration of their
birthday. The Princess of Monaco took to social media to mark the
pair’s eighth birthday, saying…
Swedes express concern for King Carl Gustaf during Nobel banquet
11th December 2022
Swedes have expressed concern for their
King after seeing him at the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm. The
Swedish people took to social media to express concern after King
Carl XVI Gustaf gave a speech at the traditional Nobel banquet that
was back to its usual…
Norwegian royals on hand while Nobel Peace Prize winners awarded as Ukraine takes centre stage
10th December 2022
The Norwegian royals were on hand as the
Nobel Peace Prize winners received their awards in Oslo’s City
Hall. Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, Ukrainian
Center for Civil Liberties group and the Russian organisation
Memorial were all awarded for their work in defending human rights
and promoting the right to criticise those in power. Berit
Reiss-Andersen, the head of…
Tension within Luxembourg's Royal Family as Grand Duchess Maria Teresa embroiled in altercation with staff member
9th December 2022
Tensions appear to be rising in the Grand
Ducal Family of Luxembourg after it was revealed that Grand Duchess
Maria Teresa became embroiled in a verbal altercation with a member
of staff. According to newspaper d’Lëtzebuerger Land‘ and RTL, the
employee has…
The public tax figures for 2021 in Norway
have been published, making last year’s income, assets and taxes
for large parts of the Norwegian population made public. However,
some are left off the tax lists, including the senior members of
the Norwegian Royal…
German prince among those arrested by police investigating potential coup against German government
7th December 2022
A German prince is among those arrested
in an extensive set of raids by the German Federal Criminal Police,
the anti-terrorist force and other special units on a number of
addresses associated with the far-right Reichsbürger movement
throughout Germany. The movement, or members of it, are said to
have planned a coup d’état in Germany. German Prince Heinrich
XIII Reuss of Greiz was…
King Harald of Norway has been working to
get solar panels on the roof of the Royal Palace in Oslo, but the
weight of history is against him. Professionals have examined the
building and concluded that they would be too heavy. In 2017,
planning was started for a project…
A total of six pieces of jewellery that
have directly belonged to the Danish royal family have been
auctioned. It is rare for jewellery that has directly belonged to
members of the Danish royal family to be offered for sale at
auction. On December 1st 2022, six pieces of jewellery of that
nature were offered at the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen,
and were sold for several hundred thousand…
