Queen Sofía of Spain attended the event
celebrating the 50th anniversary of Madrid’s zoo, during which she
had the honour of being present for the first public outing of the
facility’s newest stars, twin pandas. On Monday, 21st of
March, while King Felipe and Queen Letizia were handing out the
National Design and Innovation Awards, the King’s mother arrived at
Madrid’s Zoo, where she…
Uncertain times in Europe create the need
for more military exercises. One of NATO’s largest military
exercises in Norway is currently underway. It has been named Cold
Respons. Crown Prince Haakon visited this exercise on March 21st
2022 and was clear in his message…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde welcome Austrian President and First Lady on state visit
22nd March 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians are hosting a state visit from Austrian President
Alexander Van der Bellen and First Lady Doris Schmidauer. The
President and First Lady landed at Brussels’s Zaventem
International Airport in the morning of Monday…
Crown Princess Märtha’s Memorial Fund
provides financial support for social and humanitarian measures in
organizations and associations. The fund was established on 1 April
1929 under the name “Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Märtha’s
Fund”. After the Crown Princess death on 5 April 1954, it was
decided that the work of the fund should be continued under the
name…
Organized students activities have been
important in the Nordic nations and are still culturally important
for most universities. In Sweden, the Swedish National Union of
Students works as an umbrella organisation of students’ unions at
higher education facilities in…
As pandemic restrictions ease, royal
visits overseas are beginning again and Norway’s Royal Court has
just confirmed that Queen Sonja will open the exhibition “The Sámi
Pavilion” during the international art exhibition in Venice on 21
April. The exhibition…
Skiing has always been important to the
Norwegian royal family. It has been an important part of Norwegian
cultural heritage for over 1,500 years. King Harald, like his
father and grandfather, is very interested in skiing and often
shows up to watch the Norwegian athletes both in Norway and abroad.
King Harald was present this weekend during the World Cup in
biathlon in Holmenkollen, just…
King Philippe and Princess Elisabeth among first authorities on site after car crash kills 6 and injures 10
20th March 2022
King Philippe and Princess Elisabeth of
Belgium have visited Strépy-Bracquegnies to express their
condolences to the victims’ families and their thanks to first
responders after a devastating car crash. In this instance,
the King and Princess were also…
The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg has
released two new photos of Princess Claire ahead of her 37th
birthday on 21 March. The images were taken by Helmut Fricke. ©
Helmut Fricke German-born Princess Claire is the wife of Prince
Félix – the second son of…
Prince Albert of Monaco took his children
on an official engagement at Monaco’s Princess Grace Irish
Library. On Wednesday, 16 March, one day before Ireland and
other countries celebrate the traditional St Patrick’s Day, the
royals arrived at the library, with both Hereditary Prince Jacques
and Princess Gabriella wearing bright green and Prince Albert
donning a dark red tie and a…
