Princess Benedikte of Denmark tested
positive for CoViD-19, the Royal Household announced on the
afternoon of Thursday, 17th February. The Princess, sister to
Queen Margarethe, “is displaying only mild symptoms”, according to
the press release, and is isolating at Christian VIII Palace in
Amalienborg. The communication also states that Her Royal Highness
is following all relevant…
With tensions rising in Europe, Crown
Princess Victoria has participated in two meetings focusing on
foreign and security policy issues. The first meeting, on February
16th 2022, was attended by Jan Eliasson and Joakim Vaverka from
Stockholm International Peace Research…
The 1972 Summer Olympic Games were held
in Munich, Germany, where a young German-Brazilian Silvia
Sommerlath was working as an interpreter and host. At the time, she
was employed at the Argentinian Consulate in Munich. From 1971 to
1973, she worked for the Organising…
While many of Europe’s royal families are
celebrating many happy anniversaries this year, the same is not the
case for the Dutch Royal Family. On 17 February, it will be ten
years since the Dutch Royal Family was struck by a sudden and
tragic accident. Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau was the son of Queen
Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands and thus the younger
brother of the current…
King Felipe of Spain continues to test
positive for COVID-19. The King took another PCR test on Tuesday,
15 February, and it came back positive. Casa Real has said His
Majesty’s schedule for the rest of the week has been cleared. They
said that the King is…
Serbia’s Royal Family has celebrated
Serbian National Day with Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine attending a reception in the Embassy of the Republic of
Serbia in the United Kingdom to commemorate the Statehood Day of
Serbia. The reception was hosted…
The Winter Olympics are taking place in
China. Most royal families did not want to attend the Olympic
Games. Some did not attend due to the global health situation,
while others did not attend for diplomatic reasons, as many
countries boycotted sending representatives to the games due to
human rights violations. However, Prince Albert II of Monaco did
make the trip, as a member of the…
The Swedish Royal Opera has a long and
close history with the Swedish Royal Family, and the King and Queen
of Sweden, together with Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel,
visited the Royal Opera to see the opera performance “Löftet”
directed by Stefan Larsson. It…
The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg has
released new photos of Princess Alexandra as she marks her 31st
birthday. Both images were taken by Court photographer Sophie
Margue. The Princess will celebrate her birthday privately. ©
Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie…
Prince Albert of Monaco spearheaded his
“70 seconds to evocate 70% of the planet” initiative by recording a
70 second video briefly listing all the important topics
surrounding the oceans. Pollution, overfishing, loss of
biodiversity, acidification of ocean waters are only a few of the
topics mentioned by the Sovereign Prince during his recording,
which was part of the One Ocean…
