There’s a future queen heading out to
sea! On Wednesday, Princess Leonor, the future queen of Spain, set
sail aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano for
several months of practical training. Midshipman Leonor attended a
special ceremony at the Port of Cádiz in which it was announced
over the loudspeakers that “Her Royal Highness the Princess of
Asturias on board.”…
Twins with Greenlandic middle names star in royal photos on day of controversy
8th January 2025
With Greenland dominating the
headlines—we’ll spare you the reason why, you can research it
yourself—the two young Danish royals who count Greenlandic names
amongst their given names celebrated their 14th birthdays. Prince
Vincent and Princess Josephine, fraternal…
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians is back to
work after the Christmas break. This week, Queen Mathilde visited
the Mudel Museum to see an “Emile Claus. Prince of Luminism” which
focuses on the life and art of artist Emile Claus. The Queen
of the Belgians was able to…
King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark
are hosting the first New Year’s levees of their reign. And as she
welcomed hundreds of guests on a cold, Epiphany morning, Denmark’s
consort was the ultimate winter queen. The King and Queen of
Denmark hosted a levee at Amalienborg Palace to meet the Supreme
Court Judges, as well as the Guard House Regiments and Royal Life
Guards at Christian…
King Frederik and Queen Mary hosted the
second and third New Year’s Levees in Denmark: one for military and
high court judges and the other for the diplomatic corps. The first
levee, for the supreme court justices, the Royal Lifeguards and the
Guardhusarregiment’s…
It’s not the most talked about royal
wedding of all time but the marriage that took place on a cold,
January day in 1967 has proved to be an important one for the Dutch
Royal Family. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, aunt of the
current monarch King Willem-Alexander…
King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Princess
Leonor have taken part in the first big event of the Spanish royal
calendar for this year. The Princess of Asturias, heir to
the throne, has joined her parents at the Royal Palace in Madrid
for the Pascua Militar, the event held every year on January 6th.
It began as a military celebration and the armed forces of Spain
remain at its heart. Casa de…
It was a royal first for Crown Prince
Christian on the first evening of 2025: the young royal attended
his first ever New Year’s Levee. Hosted at Christian VII’s Palace
at Amalienborg, the traditional New Year Levee is hosted by the
monarch for Denmark’s government…
King Frederik X of Denmark will give his
first New Year’s Eve address as monarch after his mother abdicated
in January 2024. Where will he be giving his address from? The
Danish court has shared that King Frederik will be giving his
speech from the King’s…
The arrival of a queen: how a new consort made her mark in 2024
31st December 2024
While she began 2024 as the Crown
Princess, Mary of Denmark has had an exceptionally busy year as she
and King Frederik establish themselves as King and Queen.
Unsurprisingly, Mary has continued to push her sartorial choices as
she embraces her new role as Denmark’s Queen. A queen consort for
Denmark There is no coronation for a Danish monarch, they are
instead proclaimed by the…
