Spain

King Felipe of Spain returns to public engagements after self-isolation

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4th December 2020
King Felipe VI has returned to public duties after being forced to quarantine. The King of Spain attended a high profile cultural meeting at the Pardo Palace in Madrid after ending a period of self isolation. Felipe had to quarantine after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus. The monarch was checked and didn’t have the virus himself. For the past ten…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon celebrates Norway's volunteers

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4th December 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has attended a very special digital award ceremony this week. The award ceremony was held in connection with the annual “Day of the Volunteers” which, in Norway, is always held two days before the UN’s International Day for Volunteering on 5…
Denmark

Danish Royal Family unites the kingdom for digital Christmas calendar

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3rd December 2020
The Danish Royal House has started sharing a digital Christmas calendar on its social media accounts, weaving a tale of an Elf Girl who flies around Denmark’s kingdoms to learn more about their holiday traditions. Now an annual treat, this year’s digital Christmas calendar features a special story that takes place during King Christian X’s and Queen Alexandrine’s royal expedition in…
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European Royals

Europe's current royal Josephines

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2nd December 2020
To mark the anniversary of the coronation of Empress Josephine, which took place on this day in 1804, we are taking a look at Europe’s current royals who have Josephine as one of their names. Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark The youngest child…
Norway

Crown Prince Haakon makes digital visit to Hammerfest

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2nd December 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has started making digital visits trough video-link to other nations. Last week Crown Prince Haakon visited several nations in the Middle East, and he made a digital visit to the small Norwegian town of Hammerfest. Hammerfest had several outbreaks of Covid-19 in the autumn. His Royal Highness met representatives from the municipality via video link. Hammerfest is a small…
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Spain

Queen Letizia takes charge of Spain's royal agenda

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1st December 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has left Queen Letizia of Spain as the only member of her royal family taking on engagements as December gets under way. The Spanish royal diary for this week is entirely down to her and could remain that way into the following week. King Felipe…
Norway

Queen Sonja starts Christmas countdown at the Royal Palace

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30th November 2020
This Sunday, November 29th 2020, was the beginning of Christmas celebrations in most European nations. In Norway, the day was royally celebrated when Her Majesty Queen Sonja surprisingly published a video via the royal family’s Facebook page. The Queen did as millions of people around the world did and lit the first candle out of a total of four candles to mark the beginning of Advent, the…
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