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 Cross. Princess Stéphanie
visited newborn babies and their mothers and distributed newborn
baby clothes to the newest…
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…
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, industrial founder and community
builder. A memorial “is located on the farm in Rolvsøy where Hauge
was born 250 years ago. The…
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…
Princess Madeleine’s approval among
Swedes is at an all-time low, according to a survey conducted by
Sifo for Svenskdam. The Princess, who resides in Florida with her
family, has an approval rating of zero per cent. Respondents were
asked which member of the Royal…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of
Denmark participated on Thursday in the inauguration of the new
Herlev Hospital’s Emergency Room and Woman-Child Centre. Her Royal
Highness presided over the official inauguration by cutting a red
rope. The inauguration was also attended by Danish Minister of
Health Magnus Heunicke and Regional Council Chairman Sophie Hæstorp
Andersen. After the…
Earlier this week, Crown Prince Haakon
and Crown Princess Mette Marit went on a paddle trip with four
young people in the Oslo Fjord. Over the past year, outdoor life
has been an important escape for many young Norwegian people. At
the bay of Rolfsbukta in Bærum, outside…
On Tuesday, Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands presented the ‘Apples of Orange’ prize from the Orange
Foundation at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. King Willem-Alexander
was also present for the ceremony. The prize winners are awarded a
cash prize of €15,000 each and…
Earlier this week, Queen Silvia of Sweden
took part in a virtual roundtable discussion on the issue of doping
and announced a new anti-doping and public health
professorship. Also present at the seminar was Professor Arne
Ljungqvist, one of the biggest names in Sweden’s fight against the
doping phenomenon and one of the founders of WADA, the World
Anti-Doping Agency, which supervises and…
