Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
directed a donation of $50,000 to the Gisèle Kambou Centre in
Burkina Faso through her eponymous Mary Foundation. In a statement
on the Mary Foundation’s website, Crown Princess Mary said: “Girls
and young women in Burkina Faso are struggling with having their
most basic rights violated. It was heartbreaking to meet girls who,
for example, are…
Highs and lows: a look back at the year for Belgian royals
21st December 2021
2021 was a year of many firsts for the
Belgian Royal Family. King Albert and Queen Paola were among the
first royals, at least in Europe, that we saw in line at a COVID-19
vaccination centre, waiting with other vulnerable citizens to
receive their shots. This…
King Juan Carlos in Covid scare after first public appearance in months
21st December 2021
King Juan Carlos I of Spain has made his
first public appearance in months, sitting in the stands in Abu
Dhabi to watch tennis. But his outing ended up making more
headlines. On the 17th December 2021, Spanish player, Rafael Nadal,
played Britain’s Andy Murray in…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has brought
along her children to accept the Christmas trees at the Royal
Palace of Stockholm. The Princess and her family recently returned
to Sweden for the Christmas holidays, and she brought her children
along to take part in the traditional acceptance of the Christmas
trees from the Swedish Forest Academy. View this post on…
Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar of
Sweden have sent their annual video Christmas greetings. The two
children of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel usually
appear with their parents for a family video, but this year, the
pair appeared on their own in the Royal…
Happiness in the dark: the Luxembourg year brought the joy we needed in the royal world
19th December 2021
The end of the year is fast approaching,
marking the end of the second calendar the world spent flipping
anxiously while worrying about health safety restrictions.
Despite the uncertainty, it was a year of mostly happy things for
the Grand Duchy of…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia’s two
daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, shine in the Royal
Family’s 2021 Christmas card released by Casa Real. In the image,
the King and Queen stand behind their two teenage daughters in an
outdoor setting. The photograph was taken in the gardens of
Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. The typed message on the card says,
“Merry Christmas and…
It’s a tale of two parties. As Christmas
approaches, quite a few minds are turning to celebrations but in
these strange and challenging times in which we all live, every
movement has meaning as two royal families have discovered with
differing consequences this week. On…
Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella shine without their parents at annual Christmas presents distribution
16th December 2021
Just a day after their evening of movies,
Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella have once again taken centre
stage in the Monaco royal agenda. The twins were the
protagonists of the annual Christmas gifts handing out event, a
tradition that, up until now, neither Prince…
For their first official engagement after
their seventh birthday, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella
accompanied their father at the pre-premiere of a movie
documentary. In the early evening of Tuesday, 14 December,
the royals arrived at Beaux-Arts Cinema in Monaco to cheers from
the crowd. The documentary, called “Naïs au pays des loups” (Naïs
in the land of wolves, in…
