Princess Astrid of Norway has highlighted
the efforts of the Norwegian Handicap Association to improve the
situation of disabled people. The older sister of King Harald spoke
at the 90th-anniversary celebration of the association on Saturday,
where she said that equal treatment for those with disabilities
would not have been possible without the Handicap Association. The
Princess said…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofìa's first joint engagement cancelled over weather fears
5th June 2021
The Princess of Asturias and her sister,
Infanta Sofìa, have seen their first joint engagement without their
parents cancelled because of a storm alert. On Saturday June 5th
2021, they should have planted six trees in the natural reserve of
Hayedo de Montejo, Madrid…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of
Sweden’s home, Villa Solbacken, is a beautiful estate located along
the outskirts of the KungligaDjurgården (“Royal Game Park”) in
Stockholm.Djurgården has been owned the Swedish Royal Family since
the…
It was a royal wedding with a recycled
gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When
Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at
the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads
back to June 1964 for the wedding of Desiree and Baron Niclas
Silfvershiold. The princess was the second of the four sisters of
Carl Gustaf of Sweden to marry…
King Felipe of Spain has welcomed
Portugal president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to Madrid for an
afternoon of engagements related to the candidacy of Spain and
Portugal to jointly host the FIFA Football World Cup in 2030, the
year the contest marks its centenary. The…
On Monday, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
visited the maternity ward at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monte
Carlo, Monaco. The visit was made in connection with the
local celebration of Mother’s Day, which fell on Sunday, 9 May and
was organised by the Monaco Red…
On 15 June, His Majesty King Philippe of
the Belgians will hold a meeting with the President of the United
States of America, Joe Biden. The Belgian monarchy announced
that King Philippe will host the US President at the Brussels Royal
Palace, the official workplace of Belgian sovereigns. The Prime
Minister, newly appointed Alexander De Croo, will also attend the
meeting. The meeting…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain took
part in the opening of the first global conference of the Xacobean
Academy in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. The conference
will span over the course of three days, in which state, regional
and local experts will debate…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit open centre dedicated to priest Hans Nielsen Hauge
4th June 2021
On Thursday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette Marit of
Norway opened the visitor centre dedicated to the memory of Hans
Nielsen Hauge outside the city of Fredrikstad. Hans Nielsen Hauge
was a Norwegian lay preacher…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik
and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark hosted a
dinner on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of diplomatic
relations between Denmark and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The
dinner took place in Great Table Hall in Frederik VIII’s Castle at
the Amalienborg Palace in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Before
dinner, the Crown Prince…
