Norway

Norway’s Royal Family host traditional parliament dinner

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29th October 2021
The annual parliament dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo has been held again after a hiatus. Due to the pandemic, the traditional event had to be cancelled in 2020, but this year the tables could be covered again, for the 103rd time. King Harald and Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit, as well as the king’s older sister Princess Astrid, attended the dinner.A…
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DenmarkEuropean Royals

Queen Margrethe goes back in time for newest photograph

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29th October 2021
Queen Margrethe posed for the cover of a new book outlining her 50-year-reign of Denmark using a century-old photographic method with a camera that was reportedly used during the American Civil War in the mid-1800s.For the upcoming book, Monark og menneske (Monarch and Man), Queen Margrethe sat for a portrait by Jan Grarup, using a wetplate camera from 1896 with a lens that dates back to 1856.
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NorwayThe Netherlands

More details of Dutch State Visit to Norway are revealed

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28th October 2021
At the invitation of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will pay a state visit to Norway in early November. The visit marks the close relationship between Norway and the Netherlands and the two royal houses. More details on the upcoming visit have now been published.The visit will begin with an official welcome ceremony at the…
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Monaco

Prince Albert of Monaco travels to France to reopen a museum in a village close to his heart

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27th October 2021
Prince Albert II of Monaco travelled to France last week to officially reopen a museum showcasing the history of Ferrette – a small village in the Alsace region.Ferrette has historic ties with the Principality of Monaco. Since 1777, the Sovereign Prince has also held the title of Count of Ferrette after Prince Honoré IV of Monaco married Louise d’Aumont, the niece of the Count of…
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