Princess Leonor’s summer vacation from
college has started but she is packing in public engagements. She
was accompanied by her family at the Princess of Girona Foundation
Awards on July 4 2022. The heir to the throne, who carries the
title of Princess of Girona, was joined by her parents, King Felipe
VI and Queen Letizia and her younger sister, Infanta Sofia, for the
ceremony, after having…
All eyes have been on Princess Leonor’s
hands as the Spanish royals are visiting Girona. The Princess of
Asturias and her sister, Infanta Sofía, have undertaken several
engagements in the city, but what has caught the Spanish media’s
attention is the heir to…
As Norway prepared to celebrate the 80th
birthdays of Their Majesties the King and Queen in 2017, I thought
the story of King Harald and Queen Sonja’s relationship was worth
sharing with our readers. Now, on the Queen’s 85th birthday, we
revisit one of the most…
Today, 4 July, is Queen Sonja of Norway’s
85th birthday. On this occasion, we look back at the Queen’s life
and some of her achievements as Queen of Norway. Sonja Haraldsen
was born as the youngest daughter of clothing merchant Karl August
Haraldsen and his wife, Dagny Haraldsen. She had three older
siblings, two brothers and one sister. She grew up in Oslo. Queen
Sonja, King Harald and…
Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik
and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark have released a statement after
the tragic mall shooting in Copenhagen. In a joint statement, they
said: “Tonight we have received the shocking news about the serious
incidents in Copenhagen…
It was billed as Monaco’s biggest
celebration in over fifty years. But in the days before the royal
wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock, this
fairytale romance began to exercise a more morose fascination.
Reports that the bride had tried to…
Princess Charlene has given a nod to her
wedding day in a new portrait marking the anniversary of her
marriage to Prince Albert. Charlene wears an aqua blue outfit for
the celebratory snap, an almost identical shade to the colour she
chose for her civil wedding to the Prince of Monaco on July 1 2011.
Albert and Charlene are seen holding hands and smiling broadly in
the new photo which the…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium conducted
her second solo engagement just five days after the first, as she
opened a 3D printing lab named after her at KU Leuven. Upon
her arrival, on Thursday, 30th June, the Princess was escorted to
her seat in the front row for the…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands had a
busy Thursday and was on an engagement literally close to
home. On Thursday morning, Máxima visited the TextielMuseum
in Tilburg. Conservators at the museum are currently working on
repairing and restoring curtains from the…
The Dutch King and Queen have said they
want their eldest daughter, Princess Amalia, to focus on her
studies before taking on royal duties like state visits. King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima want the Princess of Orange, who
will one day be Queen of the Netherlands, to focus on her studies
and being a university student. They said that royal duties like
state visits could come later.