Sweden

Sweden's Royal Family attends opening of Parliament

King Carl XVI Gustaf has overseen the official opening of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag. The new parliamentary year has thus begun. The King was accompanied by Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Before the ceremony in the Riksdag, the royals joined the Speaker of the Riksdag and the Prime Minister, as well as members of the Riksdag in the Great Church to attend the…
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Spain

Queen Letizia celebrates art at Prado Museum

Queen Letizia has travelled to one of Madrid’s most beautiful places and celebrated an important anniversary.  Her Majesty visited the Villanueva building of the Prado Museum, where an exhibition opened to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Prado…
Sweden

Carl XVI Gustaf presents the King's Medal

His Majesty King carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has presented “His Majesties The King’s Medal” and “Litteris et Artibus” awards at a ceremony in the White Sea Room at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. At the medal ceremony, on September 13th 2021, the awards were handed to the people who were officially awarded medals by the King on Sweden’s National Day, June 6, back in 2020. Her…
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The Netherlands

Netherlands' Prince's Day celebration to forego balcony appearance

The Dutch Royal House has announced that this year’s traditional balcony appearance on Prince’s Day will not take place. This is due to current health safety restrictive measures to prevent crowds of well-wishers from gathering and potentially spreading the COVID-19 virus.  Therefore, Prince’s Day, on 21 September this year, will be slightly different than usual. The…
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Belgium

Queen Mathilde runs 20-kilometre race around Brussels

On a rare Sunday engagement, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians took it to the streets of Brussels on 12 September for the 41st edition of the 20 kilometres of Brussels race.  The sporting event should have seen its 2021 edition taking place on the 31st of May, but because of the health safety restrictions in place in Belgium and in the Brussels region at the time, the event was postponed to…
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