On the 6th and 7th of July, King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands carried out
engagements for the second and third day of their State Visit to
Germany. On Tuesday, Their Majesties started the day with a
visit to the Bundestag, the German Parliament, where, after a
meeting with the Bundestag President, Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, they
received a tour of the facility, and their…
Over the course of the last few weeks,
the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg and their son,
one-year-old Prince Charles, have decided to undertake a tour of
the country’s care homes. During all the visits, Their Royal
Highnesses were accompanied by Corinne…
Dutch King and Queen's state visit to Germany rocked by attempted assassination of journalist in Amsterdam
7th July 2021
On Tuesday evening, prominent Dutch
journalist Peter R De Vries was shot and seriously wounded in
Amsterdam. Mr De Vries was was exiting a television studio
after being a guest on the live show RTL Boulevard to talk about
the case of a hairdresser who was murdered in…
A most unusual arrival - King Willem-Alexander pilots government plane to Germany for a state visit
6th July 2021
On Monday July 5th, King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands arrived in Germany to begin a
three-day state visit to the country. The Dutch state plane landed
at Berlin Brandenburg Airport around 11am carrying Their Majesties
and three government ministers: the Minister of Defence, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Public Health.
One…
An unusual state dinner closes day one of the Dutch King and Queen's state visit to Germany
6th July 2021
On Monday, King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands started a three-day State visit to
Germany. The visit began with Their Majesties and the three
Ministers accompanying them descending from the State plane, which
was co-piloted by King…
Victoriadagen (Victoria Day in Swedish)
is the traditional festivity celebrating Crown Princess Victoria of
Sweden’s birthday. It falls every year on the 14th of July, the day
the Crown Princess was born, and has been celebrated since 1979. It
is usually…
Norway’s Prince Sverre Magnus, the
younger child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit, is set to attend Oslo’s Elvebakken High School in the
autumn. The Prince will study under the line of Information
Technology and Media Production (IM). His older sister, Princess
Ingrid Alexandra, 17, also attends the school. Elvebakken High
School “provides both…
On Saturday, Denmark played against the
Czech Republic in the quarter-final match of the European Football
Championships. The Danish team won the match 2-1, and
celebrations for the victory were abundant in every Danish
community around the world. The team…
After about a year and a half, Queen
Margarethe of Denmark is set to hold audiences for the public again
beginning in September. On Thursday, the Royal Danish House
released a press release announcing that the Queen would resume her
receptions for members of the public…
On Thursday, Queen Silvia of Sweden took
part in the digital inauguration of Children-Haus in Ortenau,
Germany. The facility is an orphanage to house children
suspected of having been victims of physical violence or sexual
abuse. This is the fifth building of this kind to be inaugurated
with the aim of preventing the multiplication of traumas for
children that come from being moved…
