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…
King Philippe of Belgium holds video call with school principals
11th January 2022
King Philippe of the Belgians held a
virtual meeting with two school principals to assess the situation
in the academic world following almost two full years of the
pandemic. His Majesty spoke with Ms Colla, a school principal
in the French-speaking part of Belgium, and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Prince Alexander arrived in the nation on
Saturday, 8 January and took part in a series of events on Sunday,
9 January, including…
