Sweden

King Carl Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria attend Defence conference from quarantine

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12th January 2022
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has been joined, virtually, by Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel at the annual Swedish Defence conference. The conference was this year digital due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the royals kept up their tradition of his attendance at the conference despite all three being in quarantine having tested positive for Covid. On January 10th and 11th 2022…
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The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander swears in new cabinet

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11th January 2022
Following a complicated political season, the Netherlands has a new government with full powers.  After elections that were held in March 2021 and months of political tension over the creation of a coalition for the new government, King Willem-Alexander hosted the swearing-in ceremony on Monday, 10 January.  The event took place in the Ballroom of Noordeinde Palace, in the strictest…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe interviewed by Danes as her Golden Jubilee approaches

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11th January 2022
In just a few days time, Denmark will mark 50 years since Queen Margrethe of Denmark took the throne when her father died. The Queen has therefore participated in a large number of interviews, and an interview that attracted much attention was on the Danish TV channel DT. The largest TV channel in Denmark has had ordinary people ask their questions directly to Queen Margrethe. As part of the…
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Belgium

Belgium mourns the death of close royal family member

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11th January 2022
The Belgian royal family is in mourning. A close royal family member of the Belgian royal family passed away on Monday. Her Imperial & Royal Highness, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este, died on Monday, aged 91. She is best known as the mother of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, making her the mother-in-law of Princess Astrid of…
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