On Friday, Princess Sofia of Sweden spoke at the virtual graduation ceremony of new nurses from Sophiahemmet University.
Similarly to what happened last year, the graduation ceremony was held virtually in 2021. Before the global health emergency exploded 16 months ago, all graduation ceremonies for Sophiahemmet University were traditionally held in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall.
In…
Colombia has started the removal of several historical statues, including a royal statue of the Spanish Queen Isabel of Castile. The statue was removed as a security measure after the statue was tried to be torn down by protesters. The Colombian Ministry of Culture carried…
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have sent their best wishes to the Danish international, Christian Eriksen, after he was revived on the pitch during the team’s Euro 2020 opening match in Copenhagen.
The royal couple took to their official Instagram to…
When the news broke that Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was dating former reality show participant and model Sofia Hellqvist, a flood of criticism followed. Many doubted that this most unlikely romance would be sealed by marriage. Today, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia celebrate six years of marriage.
In the summer of 2009, Prince Carl Philip met Sofia Hellqvist through mutual friends at a…
Netherlands' Golden Coach at Amsterdam Museum for exhibition
12th June 2021
On Tuesday, 9 June, the Netherlands’ Golden State Coach arrived in Amsterdam to be featured in an exhibition.
The coach, used traditionally for state functions, such as Budget Day, has been undergoing a five years-long renovation, meaning that King Willem-Alexander…
Queen Letizia speaks out on death of young girl which has horrified Spain
12th June 2021
Queen Letizia has expressed her sorrow upon learning that the body of a six-year-old-girl, Olivia Gimeno, was recovered by police on Thursday, 10 of June off the coast of Tenerife.
The Queen was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Santander WomenNow 2021 Convention on…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the first day of the Special Olympics National Games on the Sports Campus in The Hague. The Games, which will take place from June 11-13, 2021, are a national sporting event for athletes with intellectual disabilities. The Netherlands has an estimated 170,000 citizens who are intellectually disabled. Organisers use the Games to promote a positive public…
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, 83, underwent an operation on her left ear at Leiden University Medical Center on Friday.
The former monarch’s operation was to remove a cholesteatoma – an abnormal collection of skin cells – from the ear. The…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave the opening speech at the UN World Goals Conference, and the launch of the new National Action Plan for those goals, earlier this week, saying that “now it is action.”
The UN Sustainable Development Goals were created in 2015 as…
Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch throne, has informed Prime Minister Mark Rutte that she will return the allowance she was due to receive upon her 18th birthday for the duration of her studies.
She wrote to the Prime Minister that she finds receiving the allowance “uncomfortable, as long as she is unable to work for it and other students will have it so much more difficult.