Denmark

Queen Margrethe starts a Jubilee week by celebrating others

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7th September 2022
Denmark is gearing up for more celebrations for its queen as Margrethe II prepares for the latest festivities for her Golden Jubilee. But the week that will end with a party for Margrethe, it began with the Danish queen celebrating others. Margrethe II presented the Rungstedlund Prize at the Karen Blixen Museum.The Queen of Denmark was welcomed with flowers and a large crowd. The…
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Norway

Queen Sonja finds herself back in her old classroom

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7th September 2022
This week, Queen Sonja was able to help mark a special anniversary for her. On September 6th 2022, the Queen of Norway was present at the 100-year commemoration for Slemdal school, where she herself attended class.The queen was shown around the school grounds by…
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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