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, held a reception on the
occasion of Denmark’s presidency of the Nordic Council 2021 at
Christiansborg Palace. The…
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…
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 Prince’s program was AutoStore, a company that makes
robotic warehousing solutions for several large companies and has
customers in 30…
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…
A documentary about Princess Amalia is
set to be released the day before her 18th birthday in December.
The programme ‘Princess Amalia: Teenager on the way to the throne’
will air in the Netherlands on Net5 and give insight into the life
of the future queen by…
For her 6th cooperation trip since she
became Queen, Letizia has landed in Asunción, the capital of
Paraguay, for a three day visit. Her Majesty arrived in South
America on the evening of Tuesday, 2 November 2021; she is
travelling with the State Secretary for International Cooperation,
Pilar Cancela Rodríguez. When the plane landed, Queen Letizia
was welcomed at the Silvio Pettirossi…
Christmas is approaching for Europe’s
royal families, and all of us. Earlier this week, Queen Margrethe
of Denmark visited the ballet where she has designed set and
costumes. During the following press conference, Her Majesty was
asked where she would celebrate her…
Sport is important for all nations and,
as a former Olympic athlete in sailing, it is perhaps particularly
important to King Harald. Along with Queen Sonja, the Norwegian
monarch has hosted a dinner for his country’s participants in the
last Olympics and Paralympics which…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has always
been fascinated and interested in costumes and the theatre. On
Tuesday this week, Her Majesty attended the start-up rehearsal for
Tivoli’s upcoming ballet performance “The Snow Queen”. Queen
Margrethe is the set designer and costume designer for the show.
Queen Margrethe has long been involved in the theatre industry,
designing scenes and costumes for…
