Queen Margrethe of Denmark has always
been interested in needlework. During the pandemic, the Queen has
had extra time for her hobby and this has resulted in a large scale
production of embroideries. Now more than 100 of the Queen’s
embroideries will be shown in a new exhibition so that the Danish
people can also see the Queen’s colourful creations. The Queen
herself will open the exhibition…
The 75th birthday celebrations for King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden have been announced. He will celebrate
his 75th birthday on Friday, 30 April. The King will mark his
birthday alongside Queen Silvia at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
There will be a small reception in the…
Queen Máxima paid a working visit to CSU,
a cleaning business with headquarters in Uden, on Tuesday to
celebrate the company’s win in the Large Business category for the
Koning Willem I Awards. CSU has eleven offices throughout the
Netherlands and employs over 15,000…
Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, a niece
of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, has written a
lifestyle book. Her book “Learning by doing”, which despite its
English title will be in Dutch, will be released in June and is
already available for pre-order. The Countess took to Instagram to
say that she didn’t think it would have been possible for her to
write the book without her…
In this series, Royal Central is looking
at the grandchildren of monarchs around the world. In this post, we
are going to be looking at the grandchildren of Prince Hans-Adam II
of Lichtenstein. Children of Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince
and Regent of Liechtenstein…
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Philip and
Princess Danica of Serbia paid a two-day visit to Kosovo and
Metohija over the weekend. The two royals wanted to visit
culturally important places for Serbian culture and meet Serbs
living in these areas. On Saturday, the visit to…
The Danish Crown Prince family has moved
homes again, as confirmed by the Danish Royal Court on Monday. Over
the weekend, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary moved
along with their children to the Chancellery at Fredensborg Palace,
where the family will reside in the coming months. The Crown Prince
and Crown Princess took over the Chancellery shortly after their
wedding in May 2004.
Prince Alexander of Sweden celebrated his
fifth birthday on 19 April, and his parents shared two new images
of their eldest son on their Instagram account to celebrate. In the
new photos, the five-year-old is the spitting image of his mother,
Princess Sofia. Several have…
The Queen of Denmark has revealed that
she still does not use Facebook, text messages or even emails. To
mark her 81st birthday, Queen Margrethe talks about her
relationship with the Danish language and also provides details
about how she herself prefers to communicate…
Some monarchs are born in massive castles
that have stood for centuries while others are born in relatively
new palaces. Although the birth of a royal baby is a celebrated
event, some of these more modern palaces have darker connections.
King Philippe of Belgium was born at Belvédère Castle at Laeken,
one of these palaces. Originally built in the 1780s, King
Leopold II bought the palace for…
