Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway visited the “Big Apple” this week. Although the Queen had only one official task in town, it is reasonable to believe that the Queen has spent more than one day in the city, probably to do some of the Christmas shopping for this year.
The Queen was present during the opera performance “Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera. The reason why…
The Royal Court comments on Crown Princess Victoria’s empty calendar
6th December 2019
Earlier this year, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden suddenly made some huge changes in the Swedish royal family. By stripping many of his grandchildren of their titles, he made the working part of the royal family much smaller. This will mean that the rest of the family has to…
A royal baby for Luxembourg: Guillaume and Stephanie are expecting their first child
6th December 2019
The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg are to become parents. The heir to the throne, Prince Guillaume, and his wife, Princess Stephanie, have just announced they are expecting their first baby.
The happy news was confirmed by the Marshall of the Court in a…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia attend Avicii tribute concert
6th December 2019
Last night, a tribute concert for charity was held in Stockholm in memory of the late Swedish DJ, Avicii, and Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden were in attendance at Friends Arena.
Proceeds from the concert will go to supporting mental health awareness.
The concert included performances by Aloe Blacc, Adam Lambert, Belgian DJ Dimitri Vegas, 30-strong live band, France’s David…
Crown Princess Mary has wrapped up a three-day visit to Indonesia
with the United Nations Population Fund.
Joining the Executive Director of the UNFPA and the Danish
Development Minister, Crown Princess Mary’s visit was to “provide insight into
how [sexual and…
Queen Máxima visits the Princess Máxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology
5th December 2019
Queen Máxima paid a visit to the Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology on Tuesday afternoon in a bid to learn more about its collaborative efforts between care and research.
During her visit, Queen Máxima met with parents, children
and professionals; and…
Russian Embassy “apologises” for insults toward Romanian royals - followed by new attacks
5th December 2019
Last week, there was political chaos in Romania following a Russian insult towards Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown. Now, the Russian Embassy has made a somewhat apology to the Romanian Royal Family. Shortly after apologising in a private email to the Romanian royalists, the Russian Embassy published a critical article against Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian…
All royal wedding dresses are keenly anticipated but there is always slightly more interest and slightly more pressure when the gown on show belongs to a queen in waiting. On December 4th 1999, Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz walked into the Town Hall of Brussels for…
Royal Wedding Rewind: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians
4th December 2019
It was the last major royal wedding of the 20th century and it began a new chapter in a royal story that would lead to a throne. On December 4th 1999, the then heir to the Belgian throne, Philippe, married Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz before a host of regal guests.
On this week’s Royal Central Podcast, the team look ahead to some of the big events set to make the royal news in December. Court cases and Christmas cards all feature as Brittani Barger, Moniek Bloks and Lydia Starbuck as what the last month of the year will bring for royal families around the…
