Sweden

Together again: Swedish Royal Family releases new family photo after being separated for over a year

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24th July 2021
The Swedish Royal Family has released a new summer family photo after the royals were forced to be separated for over a year due to the global health emergency. The new image was taken this month in the gardens of Solliden Palace – the Royal Family’s private summer home on the island of Öland. With the photo’s release, the Royal Court said: “Together on Öland…
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Spain

Queen Letizia shows support for major medical organisation

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23rd July 2021
Queen Letizia has paid a visit to a meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC). She was joined by members of the National Council for the AECC, both in person and via video conference. She delivered a greeting to the Association’s president, Ramón Reyes, and the other attendees. The focus of discussions on this particular occasion was to lay out and celebrate the…
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Spain

Queen Letizia hears of the devastating mental health toll of coronavirus

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22nd July 2021
On Tuesday, Queen Letizia presided over a conference on the impact the pandemic had on mental health throughout the different vulnerable groups of the population.  The meeting, which took place in the Audience Room at Zarzuela Palace, included representatives from various associations with which Her Majesty has worked for over a decade: the Spanish Association for Rare Diseases, the Royal…
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Norway

Queen Sonja’s sister-in-law has died

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22nd July 2021
Queen Sonja has lost her sister-in-law. Lis Haraldsen, has died at the age of 87. The death was announced by the Haraldsen family in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. Lis Ingeborg Elder was born in Denmark on 22 August 1933 and married businessman, Haakon Haraldsen…
Denmark

Queen Margrethe’s visit to Greenland postponed

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22nd July 2021
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has recently been on a visit to the Faroe Islands. It was expected and planned that the Queen would then travel on for a visit to Greenland. However, on Tuesday, it was announced that the visit was postponed. Within the past week, Greenland has been affected by several outbreaks of COVID-19, which has necessitated the introduction of a number of restrictions in…
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