The Netherlands

Queen Máxima visits UMC Utrecht for healthcare

On Tuesday afternoon, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited UMC Utrecht, where she held four meetings. During the first roundtable, she heard how the facility is taking care of postponed health checks; several routine health checkups have been postponed because of the coronavirus emergency, and now the healthcare system is trying its best to catch up on all the missed…
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Belgium

Queen Mathilde injures her left thumb

During a visit to a pharmaceutical company on Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of Belgium was seen sporting a wrist brace on her left hand. When asked for comment, a Palace spokesperson said that Her Majesty hurt her left thumb in a wrong move, and that the injury is not serious. Queen Mathilde has been seen injured before; famously, in 2015 she had to use crutches for a while after hurting her…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon attends digital Veteran Conference

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is attending the Norwegian National Veterans Conference this week in a conversation with veteran Thor Andreas Kårsten. The conversation is taking place at Akershus Fortress in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The Crown Prince and Kårsten will…
Sweden

Prince Daniel appears on children's television show to promote sports

On Monday, Prince Daniel of Sweden took part in SVT’s ‘Movement Movement‘ programme.The show, broadcast by SVT (Swedish National Television), was created to welcome summer, and each years has a different theme. This year’s subject was movement, and the slogan was ‘any movement counts’. The program aims to encourage physical activity of any kind. Prince…
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Spain

Queen Sofía participates in video conference for World ALS Day

Queen Sofía of Spain took part in a video conference on Monday to mark World ALS (MND in the UK and ELA in Spain) Day.The Queen spoke to the general director of the Carlos III Health Institute, Raquel Yotti; the scientific director of CIBERNED, Adolfo López de Munain; scientific director of the CIEN Foundation, Miguel Calero; vice president of the Francisco Luzón Foundation, María José…
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