On Wednesday, Queen Margrethe of Denmark
took up residence at Gråsten Palace for the summer season. True to
tradition, Her Majesty arrived in Southern Jutland on board the
Royal Yacht Dannebrog. The Queen was welcomed to Sønderborg with
flags and music on the royal castle harbour. Mayor Erik Lauritzen
hosted a reception in Sønderborg which was attended by many
dignitaries who were received…
Prince Felix of Denmark graduated from
Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium on Wednesday 23 June 2021. Present to
congratulate him were his parents, Prince Joachim, and Alexandra,
Countess of Frederiksborg, as well as his big brother, Prince
Nikolai. Prince Felix told the Danish…
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…
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary
of the death of Queen Maria, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown
Princess Katherine of Serbia visited Oplenac and laid a wreath and
lit candles at her tomb on Tuesday. Flowers were also laid down at
her grave by Serbian royalists and the Serbian government. Queen
Maria was Queen Consort of King Alexander I and the mother of King
Peter II. She also gave birth…
On June 23, it was exactly 30 years since
King Harald and Queen Sonja were blessed by the Norwegian Church in
a large-scale ceremony. The incident took place in Northern
Europe’s largest cathedral, the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. The
royal couple thus carried on the…
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…
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 talk, among other things, about
how the experiences from international operations can be used
nationally, about intelligence as…
King Carl Gustaf holds audience with Speaker of the Parliament following political crisis
22nd June 2021
On Monday, His Majesty King Carl Gustaf
of Sweden gave priority to an unscheduled audience to the Speaker
of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén. The audience was held in
one of the private rooms at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm.
During the audience, the King was…
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…
Queen Margrethe attends première of ballet for which she designed the scenes and costumes
22nd June 2021
Over the weekend, Queen Margrethe of
Denmark was present for the première of the ballet ‘The Tinderbox’
at the Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli. Her Majesty was
accompanied by her sister, Princess Benedikte, and was present
because of having designed the scenes and the costumes. She
sat in the audience with her sister and the choreographer,
observing the entire ballet from the first…
