On 6 June each year, Sweden celebrates
its National Day. First celebrated in 1916, it was then made a
public holiday in 2004. The Swedish Royal Family always makes sure
to publicly celebrate the holiday, and all of the women in the
family wear the Sverigedräkten. [getty src=”145812875″
width=”594″ height=”440″] Sverigedräkten are the folk dresses that
Swedish women wear for…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden have sent the Royal Family’s traditional National Day
greetings. Their children, Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar were
also included in the annual photos. Linda Broström/Kungl.
Hovstaterna The photos were taken by…
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…
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, accompanied by 35 other teenagers,
mostly aged between 14 and 16. Unfortunately, due to the storm
alert, the event had to be…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of
Sweden’s home, Villa Solbacken, is a beautiful estate located along
the outskirts of the Kungliga Djurgården (“Royal Game Park”)
in Stockholm. Djurgården has been owned the Swedish Royal
Family since the 15th century. It…
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…
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…
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…
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 pilgrimage routes, the jacobean
phenomenon and the impact of pilgrimage on community sense for
citizens and on the possibilities it…
