While 2023 proved to be a big year for
the Swedish Royal Family, with King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden
Jubilee, 2024 was much more sedate in comparison. But despite the
lack of jubilee celebrations or milestone birthdays, the Swedish
Royal Family still had plenty of reasons to celebrate and stay in
the headlines. Here are ten of the biggest moments for the Swedish
Royal Family this year. Crown…
She spent a whole two weeks of 2024 as
Crown Princess and then, following Queen Margrethe’s shock
abdication announcement on New Year’s Eve, Mary officially became
Queen of Denmark this year. And with the change in status comes a
change in fashion, so let’s take a look…
The Belgian Royal Family has had a busy
2024. With King Philippe and Queen Mathilde carrying out numerous
engagements and State Visits and their children pushing forward on
their chosen paths, they have had a lot to celebrate. Prince
Gabriel attends his first State…
Maybe it’s her training in design and
couture, maybe it’s years of being the smiling face of her royal
family but Queen Sonja takes some beating in the style stakes. The
Norwegian consort, who is just a few years shy of turning 90,
remains one of the most elegant royals in Europe with a sense of
chic that is hard to beat. The past year has seen some classic
reminders of why Sonja…
The King of the Netherlands has delivered
a hard hitting Christmas speech, addressing many of the concerns
caused by division in his country in the past year. King
Willem-Alexander said that ”Christmas does not exclude anyone,
everyone is welcome – you…
For many, it’s the most magical day of
the year and some of those working on Christmas Eve got a royal
visit to add some sparkle to their day. Crown Princess Victoria of
Sweden and her family met the Royal Guard in Stockholm in a
Christmas Eve outing. Accompanied…
King Felipe delivers hard hitting Christmas speech with flood victims at its heart
25th December 2024
King Felipe VI focused on the importance
of supporting each other in a Christmas speech dominated by the
impact of the devastating floods that hit the country earlier in
the year. The King of Spain put those hit by the ferocious weather
at the heart of his address, saying that those who died or who
remained missing must never be forgotten and his first wishes of
the season were sent to those…
The King of the Belgians has spoken of
the power of love in a powerful Christmas speech. King Philippe
said he had been moved to think of how we all treat others after
receiving a letter from school children who wanted to know what he,
and others, were going to do to help…
Queen Margrethe has reunited with her
family ahead of Christmas Day and also joining the party is her
grandson who spent the autumn on another continent. This is
Margrethe’s first Christmas since she announced her abdication in
her 2023 New Year’s Eve…
Crown Princess Victoria shared a new
video of her young family taking part in a beloved holiday
tradition: lighting candles. In a new video posted on the Swedish
Royal Family’s YouTube channel, the future queen of Sweden,
accompanied by husband Prince Daniel and children Princess Estelle
and Prince Oscar, visits the Älvrosgården in Skansen to learn about
the tradition of lighting candles at…
