King Harald of Norway has always been
interested in history. The King of Norway was present at the
celebration of the National Association for Local History’s 100th
anniversary on Friday afternoon. Local history is very popular in
Norway, and more than 70,000 people are affiliated with one or more
local history associations in Norway. Initially, the anniversary
was supposed to be marked last…
October is a month of royal birthdays,
and two of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s children
celebrate their arrival into the world this month. Prince
Emmanuel of Belgium is the first birthday of the month. His Royal
Highness was born on the 4th of October…
Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth has begun
her university education at Oxford University’s Lincoln College in
the United Kingdom. Her first day of classes is today. The Belgian
Royal Palace has released nine new photos to mark the occasion,
which were taken on 27 and 28…
Queen Letizia opens FAO's World Food Forum via video call
3rd October 2021
To close her work week, Queen Letizia
virtually connected with Rome on Friday to open the World Food Day
conference. Her Majesty has made a trip to the Italian
capital almost every year to visit the Food and Agriculture
Organisation headquarters, which are located in the centre of Rome,
right in front of Circo Massimo. However, due to current
travel restrictions, Queen Letizia was unable…
Queen Emerita Sofía of Spain has
continued her tour of food banks around Spain with a visit to
Burgos – the capital of the Autonomic Community of Castilla y
León. The visit comes in the context of the Reina Sofía
Foundation launching the campaign ‘Operation…
Crown Princess Mary has returned back to
Denmark following a two day diplomatic visit to Lithuania in
celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Danish
and Lithuanian relations. The visit took place from September 30 to
October 1, with activities taking…
Friday, the first day of October, marked
the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a campaign
traditionally represented with a pink ribbon. Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden has supported this cause for the past 13 years,
and every year the Swedish Royal Household releases a picture of
the Heir to the Throne wearing the year’s pink ribbon design to
mark the first day of the…
Denmark has been pushing for a broader
cultural presence on the global stage, and now that effort has
found a prominent voice. Princess Marie, daughter-in-law to Queen
Margrethe, has been appointed as a Special Culture Representative
in the Culture Department of the Danish…
Queen Sonja’s school prize for 2021 has
been awarded to Sandnessjøen upper secondary school in the region
of Nordland. The announcement came on September 30th 2021 during an
audience with the jury at the Royal Palace in Oslo. During the
audience, Queen Sonja praised…
Prince Felix of Denmark, the second
grandchild of Queen Margrethe, has chosen to stop his education at
the Army’s Lieutenant Training. The news came in a surprise
statement issued by the Danish Royal Court which read: “His
Highness Prince Felix has decided to interrupt the training course
at the Army’s Lieutenant Training, which Prince Felix began in
August at the Gardehus Barracks in…
