On Monday, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden welcomed Prime Minister Stefan Löfven at the Royal Palace in Stockholm to accept his resignation.Â
This means that Löfven has now one week to create a new majority within Parliament to retain his position as Prime Minister.
This crisis was opened at the beginning of June when the Left Party withdrew its support to Löfven, which subsequently…
A sisterly reunion - Queen Margrethe and her sisters gather for a joint summer holiday at the beautiful Gråsten Palace
28th June 2021
Queen Margrethe has been joined by her two sisters at GråstenPalace in Denmark for a summer holiday.
Her Majesty welcomed Queen Anne-Marie of Greece towards the end of last week with Princess Benedikte arriving a few days before that.
The gathering was…
Later this week, Princess Leonor will preside over the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards with her family. Among her titles as heir to the Spanish throne is ‘Princess of Girona,’ so today, we’re going to look at why the Spanish heir receives that…
Chris O'Neill: how Princess Madeleine's husband created his own role among Sweden's royals
27th June 2021
On his birthday, Royal Central is taking a look at Christopher O’Neill – the American-British husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden.
Early life
On 27 June 1974, Christopher Paul O’Neill was born in London as the son of Paul O’Neill and Eva Maria O’Neill (née Walter). His father was an American investment banker who moved to London for his work. His mother…
The Spanish Royal Household has announced that Infanta Elena, the oldest sister to King Felipe, will preside over her first official engagement in approximately two years.Â
When King Juan Carlos I abdicated in 2014, The Royal Family was reduced to just the King and…
Queen Sofia received a standing ovation as she arrived for a concert at one of Spain’s most famous Roman sites.
Sofia arrived to prolonged cheers at the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre in Merida where she was guest of honour for the start of the annual Festival of…
On Thursday, Princess Charlène of Monaco posted a video on Instagram in anticipation of her and Prince Albert’s 10th wedding anniversary.Â
Their Serene Highnesses met at the 200 Mare Nostrum swim meeting in Monaco, with then-Ms Wittstock being a swimmer representing South Africa. They made their public debut at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, shortly after Prince Albert had become Prince…
On Thursday, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark met with the Danish Olympic team and handed them the Danish flag to carry during the Games.Â
With the Tokyo Olympic Games set to start in less than a month, more and more teams are receiving the flags to carry to Japan in…
Prince Charles of Luxembourgh, second in line to the Luxembourgish throne, got a playground named in his honour for the country’s national holiday on Wednesday.
The one-year-old tot was taken to Esch-sur-Alzette – the second largest city in Luxembourg –…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has visited a new exhibition at the China Pavilion of Drottningholm. The exhibition is the result of a year-long collaboration between the Royal Court and the Research Lab Craft at Konstfack. The works are created by artisans and artists who have taken inspiration from historical collections in the China Pavilion.
The exhibition is called “Going elsewhere…
