King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
have ended their short trip to the United Arab Emirates on a high
note. Together with the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation Tom de Bruijn, Their Majesties have opened the Dutch
pavilion at the Dubai 2020 Expo. The Dutch King and Queen travelled
to Dubai to officially inaugurate the pavilion on Wednesday, 3
November, coinciding with…
A look back at previous State Visits between Denmark and Germany
5th November 2021
State Visits are the highest expressions
of diplomacy. They can be done either to soften sharp edges in
diplomatic relations between two nations or to reaffirm the bond
already existing and explore new potential areas of
cooperation. The State Visit Queen Margarethe…
This week, Princess Märtha Louise,
daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja was a guest in an Norwegian
podcast. Among other things, the Norwegian princess talked about
being highly sensitive with Märtha Louise saying that she only
understood that she was highly sensitive…
Princess Charlene of Monaco has now been
out of the principality since early spring due to an ear, nose and
throat infection that grounded her in her home country of South
Africa. The Princess of Monaco has stayed busy in South Africa
while in recovery. She has been passionate about saving rhinos and
has made several posts in an effort to end poaching. She created
the #ChasingZero initiative…
King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon welcome Germany’s President to Norway
5th November 2021
The Kingdom of Norway and the German
Republic have developed close relations in recent decades, both
through economic cooperation and military cooperation through NATO.
King Harald and Queen Sonja as well as Crown Prince Haakon have
received the President of Germany…
The Nordic nations work closely together,
both economically and politically. This week, leaders from the
Nordic countries gathered in Copenhagen to participate in the
Nordic Council. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who is also
Queen of the Faro Islands and Greenland…
King Peter II of Yugoslavia was the
firstborn son of King Alexander I and Queen Maria of Yugoslavia.
King Peter II was born in Belgrade on 6 September 1923, and after
his father’s assassination in 1934, he became the King of
Yugoslavia. On Wednesday, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia, attended the memorial service on the 51st
anniversary of King Peter…
Queen Letizia continues her Paraguay cooperation trip by visiting three cities in one day
4th November 2021
Queen Letizia is in Paraguay for the
sixth cooperation trip she has undertaken since becoming Queen back
in 2014. On the first day, she fulfilled her diplomatic
duties, with the official welcome at the airport and the reception
she was granted at the Presidential Palace…
This week it was western Norway’s turn to
receive a royal visit. Crown Prince Haakon visited a county with a
particularly great need for restructuring since much of the
country’s oil, and gas activities are located there. The first stop
on the Crown…
Up until 1861, when the peninsula was
reunited to include more or less its current territory, Italy was
home to three major states: the centre was under the rule of the
Vatican, the south was called the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and
the north was under the domain of the Savoy dynasty.
Ultimately, the latter prevailed, and the Italian peninsula was
reunified under King Victor Emmanuel II of…
