The Grand Ducal Court has announced that
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume tested positive for Covid-19. The
news comes a week after his father, Grand Duke Henri, was confirmed
to have the virus. The Crown Prince self-isolated following a
positive self-test and then confirmed his diagnosis with a PCR
test. According to the Grand Ducal Court, the 40-year-old heir to
the throne is symptom-free and…
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.
Queen Margrethe is one of the few
sovereigns of her generation with multiple university diplomas. Her
education journey seems to have heavily influenced her life and the
manner in which she performs her role. Shortly after turning
six-years-old in 1946, the Princess…
After announcing that, due to an increase
in the number of coronavirus cases, many of the major public events
of Queen Margarethe’s Golden Jubilee were to be postponed, the
Danish Royal Household has released a new timeline for the
celebrations. The events were supposed to take place in
mid-January, around the date of her father’s death and her
subsequent ascension to the throne (which…
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…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia step in for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
11th January 2022
Last week it was announced that the King
and Queen of Sweden were infected with Covid-19. Shortly
afterwards, it was announced that Crown Princess Victoria and
Prince Daniel were also infected for the second time during the
pandemic. Therefore, the majority of the Swedish…
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark represented
a milestone in the country’s life from a very early age and in more
ways than one. First of all, she was the first woman to
become Queen since the change of the succession law that allowed
her to become the heir presumptive, pushing back her uncle, Prince
Knud. But she was also the first monarch in Danish history to
renounce all titles upon…
Over the weekend, Prince Philip and
Princess Danica of Serbia attended the national day celebration of
the Serbian region of the Republika Srpska – an unknown part of
Europe for many, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The son of Serbian Crown…
When she was born, she was not supposed
to become Queen. Yet, one month after her birth, on 14 May, she was
christened with a parade of godparents to rival any future
monarch. Queen Margrethe of Denmark was born on 16 April
1940, just one week after the Nazi invasion of…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway have attended a memorial service for the late
South African activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo Cathedral.
The Crown Prince Couple and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
attended the service on Sunday, 9 January, to honour the life and
work of Tutu, who died on 26 December 2021 at the age of 90. The
service included…
