On Friday, May 28, King Philippe took
part in the kickstarting of the field hockey summer season in
preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, due to start towards the
end of July. His Majesty gave the symbolic “first bat” on the
hockey field to start an intensive training session for the Belgian
field hockey teams, called the Red Lions (male team) and the Red
Panthers (female team), who…
The Princess of Asturias receives her confirmation weeks before she heads to Wales to study
29th May 2021
On Friday, May 28, HRH the Princess of
Asturias received her confirmation in Madrid, at the Nuestra Señora
de la Asunción church, with all the rest of her classmates. For her
First Holy Communion, which took place in May of 2015, she was
surrounded by her entire…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
took part in the celebrations for National Armed Forces Day, which
this year fell on Saturday, the 29th of May 2021. The main event, a
military parade, was severely restricted due to Government
restrictions in connection to the ongoing…
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau has
co-wrote an impassioned letter to British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson about a cause close to her heart. The 52-year-old, who is
sister-in-law to King Willem-Alexander, wrote to Mr Johnson
and other G7 leaders urging for there to be a better approach to
HIV and AIDS. The G7 nations are due to meet in the United Kingdom
next month. The powerful…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of
Sweden will be absent from this year’s National Day celebrations on
6 June. Only King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess
Victoria and Prince Daniel will participate in the scaled-down
celebrations. The Royal Court…
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians visited an
organic shop in Jette, Belgium, on Thursday in her role as an
advocate for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Queen
travelled to The Barn that sells mostly packaging-free products and
spoke to spoke to one of the…
In a new interview this week with the
Norwegian state TV-channel NRK, Queen Sonja opens up about her
thoughts on art and not least her own art. Queen Sonja is
passionate about art, both as an art collector and as a performing
artist. The Queen has been apprenticed to the recognized artist`s
Kjell Nupen and Ørnulf Opsahl, in addition to having studied art
history at the University of Oslo.
Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, the
eldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, is busy
with her final exams like many other Dutch students. The
17-year-old Princess of Orange began her exams on Monday and will
find out on 10 June if she passed. Her…
Norway's Royal Family to commemorate ten years since devastating terrorist attack where 77 people were killed
28th May 2021
July will mark ten years since the
terrorist attacks in the government quarter in Oslo and on the
island of Utøya in which 77 people lost their lives. The Norwegian
Royal Family wishes to follow up with some of those they met ten
years ago, as well as others who in various…
His Majesty King Felipe of Spain visited
the headquarters for the Spanish Army’s military operations on
Thursday, May 27. The facility, located in Granada, is in charge of
directing all matters related to training and logistics for the
Army. The centre is under the direct control of the Chief of
Staff of the Army, just one rank below the Chief of the Armed
Forces, a role that belongs to…
