King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden have made a two-day visit to the United Kingdom as both
countries prepare to celebrate. The visit, which took place
between Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 May, was centred around many
topics, including education and culture, and the royal couple was
accompanied on the occasion by Swedish Education Minister Anna
Ekström. The King and Queen…
Queen Letizia undertook one of her
favourite engagements and officially opened Madrid’s Book Fair,
hosted in Buen Retiro Park. Donning a bright pink dress, the
Queen arrived at the park on the morning of Friday, 27 May and was
welcomed, among others, by the Minister…
King Felipe of Spain received the Foreign
Policy Association Medal at an award ceremony in the United States.
The King of Spain was in the US for a series of meetings and was
presented the award on 26 May at the Harvard Club of New York. The
honour was handed out at…
King Harald of Norway has participated in
the award ceremony for the prestigious Abel Prize. The Abel Prize
of 2022 was awarded to Dennis Parnell Sullivanfor his mathematical
work in topology. His Majesty received the prize winner in an
audience at the Royal Palace before handing out the award in the
official ceremony, in the hall of one of the University of Oslo’s
oldest buildings near…
During a small ceremony at Amalienborg
Palace, Queen Margrethe received a copy of the brand new
translation of “Flatøyboka.” Flatøyboka is an Icelandic manuscript
written at the time Iceland was part of the Kingdom of Norway. The
book tells about the old…
Trooping the Colour is just a week away,
and several details have been released about this year’s
festivities. For the Platinum Jubilee (and the first Trooping since
the global health crisis began), the 1st Battalion, Irish
Guards will troop the colour. The…
The Swedish Royal Court has released
details for this year’s National Day celebrations on 6 June. After
two years of scaled-down celebrations due to the global health
crisis, things will be back to normal in 2022. King Carl Gustaf and
Queen Silvia will start the day in Olofström, Blekinge, with a
visit to Volvo Cars. They will then be at Holje Park for
celebrations that include…
Princess Estelle of Sweden has visited
her duchy of Östergötland alongside her parents and unveiled her
first portrait. The ten-year-old Princess and her parents, Crown
Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, first travelled to Linköping
Castle, where Estelle unveiled her…
It was one of the trips that caused the
most stirrup in Spain – King Juan Carlos returned to the country
after almost two years. Following much speculation, the Royal
Household decided to release a short statement detailing what
happened during the…
The Dutch Royal Household has announced
that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will undertake a State
Visit to Austria at the end of next month. The visit’s
programme has been already released, and the first day, Monday, 27
June, will see all of the traditional events of state visits: the
official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, the laying
of a wreath to commemorate…
