Spain

Princess Leonor sets sail on next part of military training

There’s a future queen heading out to sea! On Wednesday, Princess Leonor, the future queen of Spain, set sail aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano for several months of practical training. Midshipman Leonor attended a special ceremony at the Port of Cádiz in which it was announced over the loudspeakers that “Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias on board.”…
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Denmark

Mary of Denmark is the perfect winter queen

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark are hosting the first New Year’s levees of their reign. And as she welcomed hundreds of guests on a cold, Epiphany morning, Denmark’s consort was the ultimate winter queen. The King and Queen of Denmark hosted a levee at Amalienborg Palace to meet the Supreme Court Judges, as well as the Guard House Regiments and Royal Life Guards at Christian…
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Denmark

King Frederik and Queen Mary reign at New Year's Levees

King Frederik and Queen Mary hosted the second and third New Year’s Levees in Denmark: one for military and high court judges and the other for the diplomatic corps. The first levee, for the supreme court justices, the Royal Lifeguards and the Guardhusarregiment’s…
European Royals

The princess who became a winter royal bride

It’s not the most talked about royal wedding of all time but the marriage that took place on a cold, January day in 1967 has proved to be an important one for the Dutch Royal Family. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, aunt of the current monarch King Willem-Alexander…
Spain

Pomp and ceremony of historic event begins new royal year in Spain

King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor have taken part in the first big event of the Spanish royal calendar for this year.   The Princess of Asturias, heir to the throne, has joined her parents at the Royal Palace in Madrid for the Pascua Militar, the event held every year on January 6th. It began as a military celebration and the armed forces of Spain remain at its heart. Casa de…
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Denmark

Crown Prince Christian's New Year's first

It was a royal first for Crown Prince Christian on the first evening of 2025: the young royal attended his first ever New Year’s Levee. Hosted at Christian VII’s Palace at Amalienborg, the traditional New Year Levee is hosted by the monarch for Denmark’s government…
Denmark

The arrival of a queen: how a new consort made her mark in 2024

While she began 2024 as the Crown Princess, Mary of Denmark has had an exceptionally busy year as she and King Frederik establish themselves as King and Queen. Unsurprisingly, Mary has continued to push her sartorial choices as she embraces her new role as Denmark’s Queen. A queen consort for Denmark There is no coronation for a Danish monarch, they are instead proclaimed by the…
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