King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden have been hosting Icelandic President Tómasdóttir for a
State Visit. Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess
Madeleine wore some of their favourite jewels for the State Dinner
that took place in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Queen Silvia
chose a gem known as Queen Sofia’s Nine Prong Tiara, an impressive
diamond tiara with floral…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima lead commemorations on Remembrance Day in the Netherlands
5th May 2025
The King and Queen of the Netherlands
joined Remembrance Day commemorations in Amsterdam. King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima laid a wreath as part of a solemn
ceremony in Dam Square on May 4 as hundreds of thousands of people
around the Netherlands took part in acts…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden celebrated
his birthday at the Royal Palace in Stockholm with a number of
firsts. He was joined by his family and they had clearly compared
notes on style before their appearance with some even swapping
clothes for some real royal…
This royal isn't letting the small matter of an abdication stop his plans for a big jubilee
1st May 2025
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg has
announced celebrations for his Silver Jubilee – even though he will
actually abdicate before completing twenty five years on the
throne. Grand Duke Henri will enjoy three days of celebrations for
a quarter of a century of rule in June this year. However, he
actually doesn’t complete the 25 years until October 8 this year.
And by then, he will have…
The crowds had come to celebrate a
special day for the King of Sweden but they also ended up seeing an
important first for the country’s future queen and a little
princess. As King Carl XVI Gustaf took the salute at a special
ceremony at the Royal Palace in…
Although his trip was delayed by a day,
King Frederik of Denmark headed to Greenland and spoke of how
important it is to him as he visited some of its most important
areas. The trip comes amidst an ongoing row involving loud
statements from US President, Donald Trump…
It’s a tower of a tiara and it has a back
story to match its might. The ‘Empire Tiara’ of Luxembourg is a
huge collection of diamonds but despite being pretty hard to miss,
no one is completely sure where it came from in the first place.
This impressive tiara was first recorded in 1829, though it may be
older. It is over ten centimetres tall and almost 20 centimetres
across…
Spain's royals get lucky as careful planning leaves them looking good at tricky moment
29th April 2025
It’s not often that Spain’s royals have
been on the right side of trouble in recent years. However, as they
marked a milestone birthday for one member of the ruling dynasty, a
key decision taken months ago worked perfectly in their favour.
King Felipe VI and…
This royal is reaching a milestone birthday but keeping the celebrations very low key
29th April 2025
She’s second in line to the throne of
Spain but this royal teenager is keeping a big birthday very low
key. Infanta Sofia of Spain, younger of the two daughters of King
Felipe and Queen Letizia, turns 18 on April 29 but there are no big
glitzy celebrations planned…
It is not uncommon for monarchies to hold
priceless pieces of jewellery that enjoy special status: they don’t
belong to any specific person, nor can they be sold or separated.
This is also the case for Spain, when Queen Victoria Eugenia,
better known as Ena, decided to create a set of jewellery pieces to
be passed down from generation to generation of queens. According
to Queen…
