The Netherlands

Princess Alexia to attend United World College of the Atlantic in Wales

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands will follow in her father’s footsteps and is going to attend the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales after the summer. She is currently in the fourth year of the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her eldest sister the Princess of Orange and her younger sister Princess Ariane are also enrolled. Princess Alexia will study for…
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Sweden

Sweden's Prince Oscar turns 5

Sweden’s Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne turns five-years-old today, and the Royal Court has released new images in celebration. The photos were taken at Haga Palace by Kate Gabor. They are from the same set as the photos released for his elder sister, Princess…
Belgium

Queen Paola to speak of her life on TV programme

Belgium’s Queen Paola has been filmed for a documentary which will chart her life and touch on the problems she experienced in her long marriage to King Albert II. The programme will be the first time that Paola, now 83, has spoken at length in public since her husband…
Spain

King Juan Carlos pays 4 million euro to Spain's tax authorities as investigations into his financial affairs continue

King Juan Carlos of Spain has paid over 4 million euro to his country’s tax authorities in another attempt to regularize his financial situation. The money was handed over to Spain’s Tax Agency after Juan Carlos received undeclared income over a number of years. This latest payment covers around 8 million euro of payments in kind and relates to flights taken in private jets which…
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Denmark

Countess Alexandra to move into an apartment

Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, is to move out of her villa and into an apartment in the capital of Copenhagen. The Danish Magazine “Se og Hør” reported the moving plans, and the news has also been confirmed by…
Denmark

Denmark's Crown Princess Mary attends meeting of the World Health Organisation

On Wednesday this week, Her Royal Highness Crown princess Mary attended physical a meeting. The Crown Princess had scrapped the digital video-calls we are all used to with a rare physical presence when she visited the World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Europe, and it’s leader, Dr Hans Kluge. At the meeting, the Crown Princess received a briefing on and a status for…
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